Untitled (You Did Say...) - Marilyn Hacker

Marilyn Hacker two days in a row (see previous)....  She is also someone with a masterful command of and ability to write poems fitting different forms, such as sonnets, villanelles, etc.  This one is in sonnet form.
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You did say, need me less and I'll want you more.

I'm still shell-shocked at needing anyone,

used to being used to it on my own. 

It won't be me out on the tiles till four-

thirty, while you're in bed, willing the door 

open with your need. You wanted her then, 

more. Because you need to, I woke alone 

in what's not yet our room, strewn, though, with your 

guitar, shoes, notebook, socks, trousers enjambed 

with mine. Half the world was sleeping it off 

in every other bed under my roof. 

I wish I had a roof over my bed 

to pull down on my head when I feel damned 

by wanting you so much it looks like need. 

                                                                                        Marilyn Hacker - American