A friend told me
she didn't want
to see anyone

Maybe that was
an approximation,
but maybe

it was only
a glorified
exaggeration,

and really she
just didn't want
to see me--

because I know
she is not home
right now; yet

her mother and
stepfather and
her dogs are.

So whom
instead of me
is she seeing?

and who
instead of me
is so loved?