On Friendship - by myself

You don't laugh
and look at the air above my head
sharing your laughter
with someone taller
brighter
funnier
than me.

You don't talk about
music
books
films
foreign cities
and know that I won't join in.

You don't tell your friend
- for that I am, your friend -
to shut up
'especially you'
and laugh, jokingly.

And look at the air above my head
sharing your laughter
with someone taller
brighter
funnier
than me.

For I am me
and you, as my friend,
should know.