My friend is a changed woman
since the accident.
When I visit every day
she doesn’t interrupt
or sass or get distracted
by the men who
walk the shaded paths.
She listens quietly to me.
She gives no bad advice.
Too bad we couldn’t
be best friends
until the day she died.
inspired by “I Have a Friend” by Anne Spencer:
published on Scuzzbucket
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