What Do We Mean, We?

We don’t. You do. You mean
Whatever you mean by
We, you, and all the rest.

And not a lone you means
We, either. It’s a team
Effort to mean a thing,

To mean any meaning,
Even if you’re alone
Right now, and even if

You’re lonely. All that work
Of other people went
Into making you mean

Whatever it is now
You bring as your meanings
As you, to us, as we.

But we do think of you
As lonely, for us. We
Wait for you to mean it.