When you asked me
if you could use your debit card
to buy two t-shirts
at the merch table
at first I said nothing
because
you were really pretty
and I didn’t have anything to say
about that
or the other thing
about the shirts
because I wasn’t selling The Triangle Players’ merch anyway
not that they could accept debit cards anyway
since if heard them say the machine was down.

I tried to stutter out some of that
but I don’t think you understood
so you walked away to get cash
and I wanted to stop you
even though you were doing the right thing
anyway.

I went looking for you
near the closest bank
but maybe you went to the bodega instead
and when I eventually saw you later
I couldn’t figure out how to approach you.

That’s when I can up with the idea
of writing this note on the t-shirt you were asking about
and I guessed your size
though I’m not sure if I got the right chest dimensions
but I guess that doesn’t matter much in a t-shirt anyway

and I think you’ll be surprised
when you see this shirt
after I sneak it into your handbag
and you look at it later when you’re in the train
or maybe at home and
I just wanted to say “Hi.”