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“With Friends Like That”

“With Friends Like That”

if you love

anybody

right away

just as they are

you’re in for it

for the gift

of love

is it

where’s there

left to go

when there’s

nothing

above it

only below

so if you’re

feeling

anything

anything at all

best you wait a bit

and see it through

past the fuzzy hue

and you, and you, and you

for when it all

goes south

it’s only then

you’ll see

what love is

really

if you were right

all along

or wrong as wrong could be

if you love

anybody

right away

the day

will come

albeit

a week, a month, a year

when it’ll be too late

to take it back

and then what a mess …

what a friend

you turned out

to be

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery