She took me upstairs with her
and asked if I wanted to get high.
I said no
because I didn’t do things like that
but I didn’t mind if she did
so she did
and looked at me
after smoking
and
she waited.

Eventually
we went out to a show
or a bar
or something
and the next week
I saw her holding hands
with a boy
whom she eventually married.

I didn’t smoke with her
because I don’t smoke
because I don’t like losing control
and being at someone’s mercy
and so I was never at her mercy
and they have
a bubbly baby boy
who is blond
and a beautiful little girl
who is blonde.