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For those who jump
when friendship beckons
and seal their pact in miniseconds
go from a grump
to being happy
they've learned that life
if it is crappy
brings only strife.
But wait, what if they do at first
cling to the warmth of status quo
in an insatiable thirst
they sit and watch the union grow.
Yet, humans being rather fickle
they'll take the tiniest excuse
a word, a gesture comes, to tickle
and plants the seed (the devil's ruse?)
which now creates a plant with leaves
developing into a huge
and monstrous climber, to the eaves
it looks convincingly like Scrooge.
No further sign is now required
the catchcry now is condemnation
a fleeting friendship has grown tired
all faith, a product of inflation.
Herbert Nehrlich
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K K (3/7/2007 7:20:00 AM)
Friendships are hard to come by. Sometime what you think is friendship tends to be just an aquintance (sp) . I know this all to well. |
Herbert Nehrlich (7/21/2006 4:03:00 AM)
How interesting. However, having had quite a bit of experience in these matters from simple observation, I would suggest you r-read as we are so often deceiving ourselves. We read into things what we unconsciously want to see.
In fact I have seen this to be the rule. Shallow friendships are a specialty of women, not men.
It always pays to think, that way we don't read consonants and vowels that have never been printed.
Don't you agree?
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