What Lovely - Friendship Would Be Nice [revision] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

What wonderful friendship would be a nice
stalemate if you hated me and I hated you;
the way you treat me as your punching bag
yet help me with all the usual domestic duties
so its fine, though a right to vent frustration,
treat me like a criminal remains, and I will be
one while you’re martyr to your own
‘wonderful’ personality

If that’s what life means, your fighting, biting,
being bitter when the things bothering you
are a door you couldn’t fit, your daughter’s
unemployment, your son’s chaotic love affair
& being absent in mind, making mistakes
which, as we all know, is inadmissible in your
universe – oh, well, thank you for the clothes

You bought me in munificence, your charm
shining through in spite of anger about the
Subar, garden irrigation, bathroom door –
and the bathtub – 6th wonderful thing to
never be, irrational anger at aggravation
makes confession of my overstepping
financial limits – I need more than care

Sometimes, friendship would be nice also….

Sunday 21 July 2013


[ORIGINAL: ]

Stalemate, you hate me and I hate you too, the
way you treated me as your punching bag; but
it is fine because you help me with all the usual
domestic duties, yet you reserve the right to vent
your frustration by treating me like a criminal, so
it will be, I’ll be your criminal while you will be a
martyr to your own wonderful personality

If this is what life means to you, fighting, biting
and being bitter when the only things bothering
you are a door you couldn’t fit, your daughter’s
unemployment and your son’s chaotic love affair
with him being absent in mind, making mistakes
- that, as we all know, is inadmissible in your
universe – oh, well, thank you for the clothes

You bought me in your munificence, your charm
shining through in spite of your anger about the
Subaru, the garden irrigation, the bathroom door
- and the bathtub – the sixth wonderful thing can
never be, your irrational anger at everything that
aggravates makes confession of my overstepping
financial constraints impossiblre –

Sometimes I need more than care - friendship
would be nice also…