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Friendly Advice

We sit here over afternoon tea Your lecture starts, all about me There’s no thought in your words As you stuff in more cake Your advice is absurd And concern so fake With cream on your chin You pry, rake and grin I watch your harsh tongue linger As you lick your sticky finger Now the cake has all gone, your job here is done I sit bloated with lies, numb and dumb You smooth your skirt over fat sweaty thighs And we rise to say our goodbyes As you disappear with your self-righteous view Set to interfere in pastures new I wonder dear friend, what would I do Without you?

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Skat A

Date: 8/27/2014 7:24:00 PM

SUSAN, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT

Casarah Nance

Date: 8/16/2014 12:31:00 PM

Welcome to poetry soup Susan, a nice first poem you have posted, was a very descriptive one and a pleasure to read, hope you enjoy reading and being a part of the community here :)

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 8/15/2014 8:37:00 PM

Susan,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry:) Here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/15/2014 12:05:00 PM

- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup,Susan - I choose your first great written poem "Friendly Advice":) - Nice to meet you! - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- P-Soup Rule: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup as a haven PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)