i know you saw
my empty bed
sheets red like fire
covers tossed
two pillows, both smashed.

i know you wondered
if it was shared
or if i sleep rough
the way i did
when you were here.

i know you stood there
and looked.

i caught you at it, and that
was when i decided
you could go, i
moved you down the hall
and out the door, you were
dazed
and i,
triumphant.

did you think
i’d be sleeping
on the floor?

do you wonder
who keeps me
company at night?

go ahead, wonder.

you lost the right to know.