friend
one hundred strokes
we did on our hair each
night thinking the brush
would make all things right
we would grow up and be
beauty queens you see
thinking back we were brainwashed
by tv shows like
brady bunch and i dream of jeanie
and gilligans island and bewitched you see
so we would at age twelve experiment
with make up and lipstick from cheap supermarket aisls
bought with our pocket money
that we earned from dusting and washing
up for mum
in between doing homework and watching our black and white t v
we would still play with dolls
mine was an anne doll i got for christmas aged 10
my friends still played and dressed their barbie dolls with glee
we would have sleepovers and curl our hair in mums hot rollers
and lie in bed and tell jokes from our book of 1,000 jokes
there we would play and practice our goal shooting skills
because you were a basketballer just like me
so where are you my childhood friend
how did we lose touch so many years ago
one day you were there
the next you were gone
dropping me for a new group of friends in high school we went
i was alone and sad
my best friend deserted me
i still search for you on facebook too only to find 40 years on
you are invisible to me too
you are hiding from me
still
what did i do
to deserve your cruel act of dropping me
never before
never again
i will search for you no more
i have now made new friends
but in my heart you will
be my best and dearest closest friend
forevermore
(2013)
this is about my best friend Leonie she dropped me when i started high school, all through primary she was my bestest friend.
