How Many Friends Have You Now

How many Friends Have You Now? How many friends have you now? How many write you everyday Say they are sorry and their nation will pay? How many have apologised? How many have realised? How their relatives have taken part? Shot your countryman in the heart? Raped your women and tortured your men? How many are distressed? How many digress and never mention The killing brought by their country’s intervention? Called you a bandelaro to your face Said that they want to extinguish your race? How many have visited with flowers? Cried with you for hours? How many begged your forgiveness? Showed their true friendship, through their stress? How many have knocked your door? None, as I can see None smatree (Russian for see) None held your hand Begged they didn’t understand Many apologised and relished victory in their eyes Saw an easy win, gloated through the Crimea sin. Friends have borders too These are no friends of you. David Cox 11/06/23