How insensitive I must have seemed
when he told me that he loved me.
How unmoved and cold I must have seemed
when he told me so sincerely.
Why, he must have asked,
did I just turn and stare in icy silence?
What was I to say—what can you say
when a love affair is over?
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How, he must have asked,
could I just turn and stare in icy silence?
What was I to do—what can one do
when a love affair is over?
When a love affair is over—
over!