XV + 

All this⁠— + 

was for you, old woman. + 

I wanted to write a poem + 

that you would understand. + 

For what good is it to me + 

if you can’t understand it? + 

But you got to try hard⁠— + 

But⁠— + 

Well, you know how + 

the young girls run giggling + 

on Park Avenue after dark + 

when they ought to be home in bed? + 

Well, + 

that’s the way it is with me somehow. + 