If only, if only I hadn’t done that.
I wish that I could just take it all back.
I shouldn’t have done it, I realize that now.
I’d take it all back if I only knew how.
It’s over and done with, it’s finished, it’s ended.
I wish I could fix it, I wish it was mended.
But it’s all said and done.
The race has been run.
Something was lost and nobody won.

I wish that I could, if only you would.
I know that I didn’t, do you think that you should?
If you don’t know the answer, just give it a guess.
If the answer is wrong, I’ll not think you less.
It’s not True or False, or multiple choice.
You can give me an answer by  mail or by voice.
So give it great thought, muddle it through.
I’ll await a reply, uniquely from you.

Pat Sigo
January 3, 1995

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