Quiet, please. Your old friend
has something to tell you.

You have known each other
for decades by now.
Through centuries,
at this point.
You have shared multitudes
of loves and lame stories
and lost causes and lunar passings
larks gone wrong and lives lived right.

And now there is something to say.
Could it be important?
Is it monumental
or simply some other pronouncement
about some comic books
like last time?
Who can say?

Your friend has the floor
and you respect each other
even if there might be mispronunciations,
malapropisms and meandering stories involved.
Old friendships are worth it in the long run
and this has been the long run.
So listen, please, while your friend
shares what there is to tell.

Dammit.
Investing in corn was not worthy of taking up your time.
You have a guy for this kind of shit.
Old friends are good friends,
but only they can fuck with your head like this.
Maybe now you have something to tell
to your old friend…