I’ve never had a friend who didn’t hurt me,
  I’m told that’s just the price of getting close

I’ve never had a friend to not desert me,
  it’s always been the thing I hated most

I’ve never had a friend who crosses over
  that line so far away and growing thin

I’ve never had a friend that I could count on
  —whose words meant all to me but not to him

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)
‘Comments From A Homeless Man In Las Vegas’  
                    August, 2017