Companion piece to Ode to a Chicken Nugget

For A and his Rachie: I'm still laughin'

It wouldn’t have happened,
You know,
If not for that nugget.
I’ve seen it coming.
We’ve been friends for
Far too long
To not have anything happen.

Something clicked,
That afternoon.

If I wasn’t a mooch,
And I didn’t steal your food,
I wouldn’t have smiled,
And you wouldn’t have looked up
And
Smiled back