Collected Some Nerve

I collected some nerve as I rounded the curve 
in the driveway 
the house was still light 
so I thought what might 
be the most tactful of things I could say 

I knocked on the door 
with no feet on the floor 
and she opened it up 
and she smiled 
she invited me in 
but I could just grin 
and point to my car like a child 

and the "no" that I heard 
was a four letter word 
I accepted her answer descending 
and I walked in to find 
some good friends of mine 
and I laughed and I was not pretending