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The speaker remarks that Jefferson's name never came up and guesses that the named person is thinking about the speaker.

The speaker notices someone's absence from a conversation and imagines attention returning from that person. The brief note has a teasing tone, but it does not identify the acquaintance or supply the speaker's gender. The cramped surname remains provisional.

After a struck handwritten draft, three surviving lines read 'Funny how Jefferson's / name never came up, / I bet he's thinking about me.' The speaker notices that a name was left out and imagines that person thinking about them.

The note works as a wry punchline: leaving someone out becomes evidence of attention. The surname's cramped letters are uncertain, and the page does not establish who Jefferson is. Only the uncanceled lines are read.