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A "Friend"

January 7, 2011
By writingrocks GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
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"You have to learn to love yourself before you learn to love others."

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A laugh
A pat
A joke
A gentle pinch

A smirk
A twitch
A tease
A hard flinch

A frown
A push
A mean laughter
A more than hard shove

A friend
A companion
A bully

© Lindsey D., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
Sometimes a what seems like a true friend is nothing but an impostor, and I wrote this poem after experiencing someone dupe me like that.
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