Life Inverse by Robert W. Getz

i cannot give you all of it, so
what is the point, you ask
isn’t it all about giving us the
truth, letting us sit on your
shoulder?

i can only give you this mirror
it is more than i ever thought
of giving and i am pleasantly
surprised at our bargain, on
balance

Robert W. Getz lives in Glenside, PA. His latest book of poetry is “Pomp and other Circumstances: Poems 2014-2015.”