friends' words
It’s better to know who your enemies are,
Better to know who your friends are,
The poet who praises our evil books,
The little girl who smiles at Red Santa,
The elephant that shakes the furious baobab,
Better to know who your friends are,
It’s better to know who your enemies are,
The pharmacist who never believes anyone,
The cinema that sells sweets to grand ma,
The supermarket that lacks politeness on Monday,
It’s better to know who your enemies are,
Better to know who your friends are,
The journalist or the housekeeper,
The curious baker or the nice hairdresser,
The monkey in his cage or the Albanian doctor,
One must often smile at one’s enemies,
You often have to lie to your old friends,
To the footballer, to the snake charmer,
To Queen Claude, the insolent young factor,
The muse who loves you, asks you everything.
Copyright ©
Yann Rolland
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