“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