Break Up Blues
My girlfriend walked out recently,
She said she'd had enough,
She threw a glass of wine at me
And stormed off in a huff.
And now she's spreading gossip of
The hell I put her through,
And this that really makes it hurt
Is all of it is true.
She's saying I am broken down
And long since past my prime,
She's saying I am tedious
And dull before my time,
She's saying I am zombie-like
And dead behind the eyes:
Why can't she have the decency
To stick to telling lies?
She's saying that I drove her mad
And also to despair
She's saying one more day with me
Was more than she could bear
She's saying that I sapped her strength
Like covid or the flu
And this that really makes it hurt
Is all of it is true.
She's saying I'm uncivilized
And cannot hold my drink,
She's saying that I talk too much
And never stop to think,
She's saying that for blathering
I'd win the Nobel prize
Why can't she have the decency
To stick to telling lies.
She's saying I'm an idiot
With nothing in the head,
She's saying I am badly hung
And terrible in bed,
She's saying I just poke about
And don't know what to do,
And this that really makes it hurt
Is all of it is true.
She's saying I'm dellusional
And getting even worse
She's saying I am talentless
And terrible at verse
She's saying I am something something
Something something wise,
Why can't she have the decency
To stick to telling lies
She's saying I am desperate to
Rekindle our romance,
She's saying I'd do anything
But haven't got a chance
She's saying that she's happy now
She's met somebody new,
And this that really makes it hurt
Is all of it is true.
John Coopey
Sat 1st Mar 2025 08:59
Brilliant Bran. Your best yet. Heart felt, honest, introspective, self-deprecating. As Stephen says, though, she didn’t get the bit about your poetry right.