An Inquiry Into Friendship

The warm reciprocation of a smile Is all it takes to bridge something, worthwhile? So why then is it so many people frown As if they've now, shared their own, eiderdown. I do not know. Friendship is a handshake With oneself an acceptance of a backache One must carry like a turtle the world around: Refusal implies; this is a battleground. That you, yourself are entrenched in a war That has no allies. Your hearts a matador Red flag waving at an unruly bloodthirsty bull You imagine your Chi's a carpet of lamb's wool.