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Is This a Friend, I Ask You


Is this a friend, I ask you!

"Oh, you are dying?I really could care less.
I have a garden to attend to, for folks to impress. I live in a state of eternal busy-ness.
No heart of mine, shall I share.
See, I am vacuuming my stairs,
Aren't you impressed?"

"I am retired and busier than
a leader of any great nation.
Small house, dead husband
Forty year old still living with me.
Permanently, cemented in and
stationed. 
I must be there for her each
second, don't you see?"

"Stop texting or  emailing
me. I am dedicated to my house,
not people, don't you get it?
I am a master of pretense that I am your friend.
But to tell you the truth, I don't
care about you nor when your
life ends.!" 
    ...........................
Thank God poets are not so
brazenly shallow. 
They care about life more and 
each other, far from hollow.
And yet we don't really have long pasts together. 

We live in the present, all over the world, free and untethered.
Sure, a few are arrogant but most are a very caring lot.
Consider yourself, very blessed, poet!
Part of glorious flowers, God's
special aggregate.

Love to all, Panagiota Romios

June 27,2019

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John Read

Date: 12/26/2024 9:32:00 AM

Real friends are very rare Pangie, you summed it up perfectly, I'd rather be hurt by the truth, than be comforted with a lie, false friends should be avoided at all costs.

Panagiota Romios
Date: 12/26/2024 6:13:00 PM

It is sonderfyl to have just a few friends. I am not trying to be a rockstar here or anywgere else, it was interesting to read what I wrote five years ago, compared to now and see if my blood pattern changed. Thank you John for being a standby friend..

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/28/2019 4:29:00 AM

You captured the essence of a non-friend in this one. It captivated me from the first line: " "Oh, you are dying?I really could care less." Darling! Well done. Bravo!

Panagiota Romios
Date: 6/29/2019 11:12:00 AM

Caren..Thank you Panagiota

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/27/2019 6:25:00 PM

Love that caricature you've created in the first part of the poem... I actually know a few people like that... The scary part is that I'm related to them... Yecccchhhhhh!....My wife says that I am the 'white sheep' of my family, although I am regarded (by some of them) the other way. Oh, well... La-di-da. :) gw

Panagiota Romios
Date: 6/27/2019 11:02:00 PM

Unfortunately, that is a childhood friend,not just a caricature. Yes, relatives, can act the same way. My Cousin who died of cancer at age 40 and I were called black sheep as we moved to CA! Both of ....very Indepedent and adventurous souls..Family wanted us glued to Chicago. We reveled in being that moniker! Panagiota...thanks for your comments.

Winged Warrior

Date: 6/27/2019 7:28:00 AM

I would like to have you as my lawyer lol...a very friendly write my friend lol...enjoyed none the less...sending love back Pani...^WW^

Panagiota Romios
Date: 6/27/2019 8:48:00 AM

I am for hire_))). Thank you for sending love back. Ghosting is a method people use to not be in touch with you, under the guise they are busy..for months on end. It's aggravating. I find poets to be quite responsive! As I said in the poem. P.R.