nope — Summary

No, it never happend It was all a dream A moment in the blink of an eye No one else saw but me You didnt Nope, never happend I never knew you I just knew the side that i thought was you It was never you

Show the whole poemHide the poem

Learn Poems app

Try the Learn Poems app

Everything from the website trainer, and more: new exercises, voice recording and sharing, reminders, quick review.

The speaker is trying to talk themselves out of a memory. Over and over they insist that none of it happened: it was a dream, a blink, something only they saw. The short, flat lines and the repeated "Nope" sound like someone slamming a door, though the repetition also suggests they are trying hard to convince themselves.

The last three lines carry the real hurt. The speaker admits they never knew the other person, only the version they believed was them. That is a sharper kind of heartbreak than a simple breakup, because it means the person they loved may never have existed. The title adds to this: throwing out supermarket flowers, cheap and ordinary, hints at a gift or gesture being angrily discarded. The mood is bitter, numb and defensive, with grief sitting just under the denial. The plain wording and the missing apostrophes make it feel raw, like something written quickly in the middle of the feeling.

Read also

More by I Threw the Supermarket Flowers From the Windowsill

All poems
SadI Threw the Supermarket Flowers From the Windowsill

secrets

I have secrets that I don't want to share but maybe I should share them shout them from the rooftops scream them aloud
SadI Threw the Supermarket Flowers From the Windowsill

rain

To me rain is soothing To me the rain tells my mood To me the rain says 'I know how you feel' Its like the rain is the tears i can't cry or in fact won't cry.
DreamyI Threw the Supermarket Flowers From the Windowsill

just

Just maybe one day I will see you Just one day I will get to talk to you in person again Just to chat like we were never apart Just to be friends again and have a laugh.