Puppy Dog

I watch you scramble for attention.
Any kind, it doesn’t matter.
The loneliness you feel pervades your entire being.

Come over.
Let’s go out, to the movies, dancing.
I’d love to, whenever you’d like.

It never ends.

You would drive me crazy, except that I was/am just like you.

I know what it is to want to be a part of something 
that will not accept you.

There’s a plan of attack from every angle.

Eventually, you will penetrate the circle
But you will never be a part of it.
You know it.
So do I.

Still, you try.

Laugh with me at my jokes.
I’ll take your point of view.
Anything.

I will invade your space
Until you make me a part of it.

But the farther you push, 
the more isolated you feel.

Incessant comments.
Drivvel on any subject.
Even if you hate me, I’ve provoked a response.

Puppy dog that follows you home.