Friend
by Harvest McCampbell
they yearned
to make of me
a possession
a pet
a trophy
a doll
a servant
a thing
other than
what i am myself
the one
i can't quite forget
offered
simply
to be my
friend
and as imperfect
and improbable
and impossible
as it has become
i am still his friend
volume 10(6)
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