my friends on poetry sites

My real friends are people I will never meet
they are my tribe, my joy, my enthusiastic followers
I have no idea their ages, height, or weight

Here are things I do know about them
One of them likes to use high-falluting big words
words I am not going to bother to look up

One of them is always selling something
Wants me to buy this, that, and the other
I put her on my ignore list after she got overly zealous about it

There is a guy who wanted to know if I have a daughter
I have three of them, but they like choosing their own fellows
He is a nice guy, but the approval of mama is the kiss of death for a man

My real friends are people with whom I share my hopes and dreams
They know more about me than my own family
But probably not my dogs
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De Beaulieu Avatar
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hello Caren, Oh wow! you do have a lot of friends on this site. It is nice to have friends from different parets of the world. It makes life interesting. Hugs. /Darlene/
De Beaulieu Avatar
October 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hello Caren, yes i have friends that i will never meet. I do the same i share my thoughts with them. Hugs. /Darlene/
Krutsinger Avatar
October 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
this is better than having to write a letter to a penpal in Scotland and waiting a month or two for an answer
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