That moment
of reckoning comes
that painful moment
when you realize
she wasn’t laughing
because she got the joke
She was laughing
because she was drunk
or high
or trying
to game your emotions
You thought the humor connected
and you deal with sorrow
and disappointment
she didn’t really get the jokes
She was just so high
or just so wasted
no point in clever retort
just move along
no point in spewing venom
she isn’t likely to understand