Does she know
That I know
What she said?
>or<
Does she think
I think
She’d say
“Yes?”
Does she think
I think
It was my idea all along
NOT
To have made him choose
Whom he thinks she thinks
I think she would want
>but<
To have what she wants?
>or<
Did she always know
So that’s why
He felt safe to say
“Yes”
To the “No”
That was always
Meant to disturb
Her lips
As much as
Mine
>and<
[if so]
Where does that leave
>me<
except to pretend
everything
is exactly as lonely
and silent
as only a smile
can know
the eye
to be?