by William Aiken

Did he tell you?
Did he tell you she and I broke up?
Did he tell you why?
Did he tell you she and he were already dating?
Did he tell you how I asked her if she wanted to date only him?

Did he tell you where I asked her that question?
Did he tell you where we were going?
Did he tell you where our vacation was?
Did he tell you what she said?
Did he tell you how excited she was to tell him?
Did he tell you how many times she called him while we were there?

Did he tell you we were all business partners?
Did he tell you how we were all best friends?

Did he tell you when I first stayed over, the futon broken and we ended up sleeping on each other?
Did he tell you how frogs can’t notice a slight change in temperature increase over time?
Did he tell you what it’s like to see a hamster hit a ceiling fan?
Did he tell you how cats don’t like to be put back into pillow cases?
Did he tell you why not to put fireworks in a wooden box, why not to light the box on fire?

Did he tell you I had to kick them out of the company?
Did he tell you I had to make them sign a contract?
Did he tell you I had to watch them together every time we tried to work?
Did he tell you I had to throw away all our dreams?

Did he tell you we met at a martial arts school?
Did he tell you how he got kicked out after 10 years together?
Did he tell you I left to train with him rather than stay without him?
Did he tell you we became like brothers?

Did he tell you she used to call him “big brother”?
Did he tell you he used to call her “little sister”?
Did he tell you nobody ever called me brother?

Did he tell you we had all planned to live together?
Did he tell you she wanted to marry me?

Did he tell you anything?