I’ve been pondering
and I can’t figure it out.
What do you like?
How can you spend your time
with someone like me
when Steve is just so many feet away?

You should like Steve.
I can’t imagine
why you don’t.
What is it about him
that rubs you the wrong way
that you’d even look my way?

Is there something
in your upbringing
that leaves you unable to see beauty
as it unfolds?
Do you lack the faculties
to understand just how cool he is?
Don’t you get
that he’s where your attentions should lie?

What is wrong with you
that you can’t see
what a bad choice you’re making?
How could you be so foolish
to waste your time
and mine?

Eventually you’ll see
how mistaken you can be
and make the better decision.
I hope it’s soon
for your sake
and Steve’s.
For mine
I hope it’s never.