Punchline

I remember you 
like a punchline 
I didn’t quite 
get that took
me a back
not a punch
below the belt 
like a bump 
around a blind 
corner causing me 
to become befuddled 
off my game 
and there it
was that you 
then saw me 
as more me
than I’d ever 
let anyone see
me the punchline 
of your joke