Your Victory Over Me In Envelope-Stuffing

Your victory over me in envelope stuffing

was a fluke, a one-off anomaly, really,

something that shouldn’t have happened

and wouldn’t, have, if I hadn’t choked.

The trouble is, I am emotional.

You are calm, used to using your brain

and hands and eyes and the rest of it,

charm.

If I had the game to play again,

and I do, but in my mind alone,

I wouldn’t change anything important except

the number of times we played.