The poem recognizes that

The poem recognizes that when you have high expectations for one person, and create virtues for that one person that inevitably they will not live up to them. All man is faulty, and eventually they will disappoint you. The writer recognizes that in all likelihood their dear friend will in some way let them down, and that she will be devastated when it comes.

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