What Is Chagrin?

This article was published on 03.27.08

It’s something like regret,
she says, but more impatient.
Makes a face.

Oh, he says: Exasperation.
Something like that, yes.
But sadder, much sadder.

And he sees the sadness creep
into her features. Thinks his
question brought this on.

And feels chagrined.