I understood the terms. I thought I knew
an extrovert from introvert. I called
myself gregarious but loner through
and through. Of course that’s me. Now I’m appalled –
surprised at least – I took two tests online,
and landed in the middle, tending “ex.”
See I forgot I sometimes tend to shine
in company. This sorting is complex.

For after I’m with people for a bit
I have to be alone, where I regroup.
And granted solitude, I find I quit
my cottage once a day and walk the loop
of local merchants, spending energy
and fueling too, on ambiguity.