For those who jump <br />when friendship beckons <br />and seal their pact in miniseconds <br />go from a grump <br />to being happy <br />they've learned that life <br />if it is crappy <br />brings only strife. <br /> <br />But wait, what if they do at first <br />cling to the warmth of status quo <br />in an insatiable thirst <br />they sit and watch the union grow. <br /> <br />Yet, humans being rather fickle <br />they'll take the tiniest excuse <br />a word, a gesture comes, to tickle <br />and plants the seed (the devil's ruse?) <br />which now creates a plant with leaves <br />developing into a huge <br />and monstrous climber, to the eaves <br />it looks convincingly like Scrooge. <br /> <br />No further sign is now required <br />the catchcry now is condemnation <br />a fleeting friendship has grown tired <br />all faith, a product of inflation.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-brief-friendship/
