such pretending

don’t sweat

your benefit

of the doubt

full turn

roundabout way

to try and stay

put on my mask

won’t ask

forget it please

I was never really at ease

did you ever wonder

why that was

under all the platitude

so crude you were

pulling threads instead of

cutting cords where

each note just drowns

my smiles to frowns

upside-down again

not my friend

no

a friend would never.