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Lending Out Books -- Hal Sirowitz

 
(Poem #238)Lending Out Books
 You're always giving, my therapist said.
 You have to learn how to take. Whenever
 you meet a woman, the first thing you do
 is lend her your books. You think she'll
 have to see you again in order to return them.
 But what happens is, she doesn't have the time
 to read them, & she's afraid if she sees you again
 you'll expect her to talk about them, & will
 want to lend her even more. So she
 cancels the date. You end up losing
 a lot of books. You should borrow hers.
-- Hal Sirowitz