The Reasoning

[heslopian]

Rev. 7-27-13

because you are just opinionated enough "Because" what? Because of the word "because" the whole poem feels like an unresolved sentence clause.
to make me feel as if I have won something
when you knuckle under to my oppression "Oppression" is a good word, well-placed at the end of this verse. It's surprising because it implies a large admittance of error by your narrator, who's previously seemed focused on attacking whoever "you" is.

in spite of your body
which looks better
in dim light

on top
of liking you a lot more
for being dumb enough to fuck with me

instead of just leaving
so you can find a real lover
to lie in silence

Your narrator is clearly an asshole; a mean and domineering guy who seeks bad relationships because he can't handle a true, honest, loving one. He knows he's an asshole, however, and there's subtle self-deprecation in his voice. He doesn't think of himself as a "real lover", and admits he's oppressive. The characterisation is complex and good, but the poem as a whole is weak and underwritten. It needs imagery, metaphors, similes, things which make a poem a poem as opposed to just dialogue spat by your character at his oppressed lover.
All my critique is, of course, JMHO. Thanks for the read