Losing, a poem

Losing

Sometimes I think I’m a sadist.

                I want change, even if

                                it means losing blood

                                                                                or sanity,

                even if it means

                taking my things back and

                                                leaving or

                telling you how I really feel—

                because that’s how I really feel

                (right now, anyway)—and leaving—leaving—

                                leaving.

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Emily Dickinson is known for using dashes in her poetry. I like Poe's use better. I've been spending some time with Poe (with his poetry, not his ghost...), which is how this poem came into being.