Like A Flounder Poem by Barry Middleton

she gigged me like a flounder
when I put my arms around her
it was not long before regret sank in

I'm not so glad I found her
her demons seem to hound her
I knew that she would drive me crazy then

she thought I was a rounder
my ship about to founder
I set my sails and finally got away

but I'm a slow rebounder
and though it may astound her
the grief I feel endures until this day

resentments are profounder
and yet hey they do confound her
for she is unaware or so it seems

but I'm no fair expounder
that long and pained encounter
has left me with some bitter broken dreams