Selective Hearing

'I can't.
I wont.'

So...
I image you will never ever,
Either.

Have it your way.
You are what you feed on to 'eat'.

'I did not say that!
Why are you attempting,
To lay your negativity...
On me? '

I believe you have elected to have selective hearing.
Or...
Maybe I misinterpret your expressed thoughts.
From your lips to my mind they were brought.
N'est pas?

'Non mon ami.'

When you say, 'I can't! '
In my mind I connect to 'never'.
When you say, 'I wont! '
An 'ever' is automatically attached to that.

'Well...
I didn't mean it that way.'

Whatever way you meant it,
Cemented that as if an affirmation.

'I expected you to be supportive.'

I 'still' expect you to be accountable.
And frankly,
I don't think you are capable!
Now...
THAT is negativity.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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