The Thief's Sincere Confession

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I have taken

Your lover

She was waiting

For you


To leave

You were probably

Unaware

Of her infidelity


Praise me

For I was honest

In my deceit

And my trickery


Author's Note: 

This switch poem was inspired by William Carlos Williams's poem This is Just To Say. This was written for an assignment for one of my undergrad creative writing classes.  

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