mean what you say

she hiccups
   discreetly
       hand in front
   of mouth
  eyes
down
and while she sips her drink
                     she thinks about
                 the clogged sink
             in her bathroom
        if she fed the cats
    before she left
and how she
    wishes
he had stuck around
     long enough for her
          to tell him
             she didn’t
                mean
                     it