FRIENDS

I like to believe
Somewhere
There's a friend
With a cunt
For me
I mean
In someways
There is
And has been
But a friendship
Somehow ruined or kept
At a distance
Ruined by coming
Too close
In one way
Long before
The other
Kept at a distance
By fear
Of coming too close
The other
Since you like it
Near
But never
Bound

(pause)

My friend says
Give it a good
Jerk-off
And see if the interest
Is still there
Afterwards
Mostly
It's sadly not
But at least
There are some
I always consider
While doing it
Even after five years
They're not my friends
But good people
In two ways
Or more
As well as bad
In just as many
There are very few
I'd like back
Afterwards
Or anyway
But very much
Someone new
To outstand them all
Someday

by Yonn Ash