What You'd Said

What You'd Said

Success with women
eluded you
because you were trying too hard.
It's obvious to everyone except you.

We found it funny too
(that isn't too strong a word)
that you cried when
the girl you desired
so much
got married and invited you to
join the fun.

We took bets on whether you'd
disgrace yourself
and then you did
and I won a hundred and twenty quid.

Best of all was when I was
drinking a cocktail in a seafront bar
and someone said you'd died.

I remembered what you'd said
about suicide being pure cowardice
and smiled.