Where’s your friend?
I haven’t seen her around lately.
She hasn’t responded to any
of my texts
or my IMs
or emails or calls.

If you see her around
let her know I’m thinking of her
and would like her
to get back to me this time
or anytime, really.

Let her know,
if you can,
that I’m not gonna make the same mistake again
– that I’m wholly prepared
to make a whole series
of brand spanking new mistakes –
and that I really think
she’d enjoy seeing them
in action.

Tell her
next time she comes around
that I think of her still,
and I –
just tell her I said “hi,”
all right?