Before there ever was a you
there was a her
and she was something
I had never known before.

She was a friend of mine
who was seeing a friend of mine
and she was good and kind
and I could find all these reasons
to be around them.
To be around her.

This was a while ago
before I had any game.

We didn’t do anything
we shouldn’t do.
I was much too mannered
back then
to consider any untoward act.
No moral crimes for me!
My betrayals were only emotional
at that point.

In the years since
as you know all too well
I have become much more refined.