How well he knew the lists:
You should care,
be a good listener,
give a lot of presents,
be sensitive to needs,
be kind, be soft and always help -
always.
Lots of help.
Give give give.
But nothing was said
about the receiver
that would just pout for more.
No hint that she would always complain about what she does not have.
Never thinking that
she could open a fist.
Never even wanting to.
And after he left
hours were spent in tears
and rethoric questions
of what went wrong.