i got a friend who’d

pull all his teeth out

just to make it big one

day

 

i got a friend who says

the thought of another

guy touching his ex’s hair

makes him want to off

himself

 

i got a friend who

dyes her hair the same

color of every girl her

 first love talks to

 

i got a friend who’s boyfriend

calls her fat and ugly when

he gets mad at her &

she always apologizes

 

i got a friend who rejects

her friends every time she

gets a new boyfriend

 

i got a friend who became an

alcoholic during a pandemic

 

i got a friend who acts like me

because she hasn’t yet found

 herself. i found her a long time

ago

 

i got a friend i didn’t know

was my friend until i hugged

her for more than 20 seconds

 

i got a friend who kisses

a new boy every time her

father doesn’t pick up the

phone

 

 

i got a friend who thinks she

has bad luck because the love

of her life doesn’t think she’s

worth it. she recites her list to

  try to convince me she’s

enough-

 i mean herself

 

i got a friend who woke up

one day and decided he’d never

 go back to school again-

he can’t get out of bed anymore