a better friend

flatter her?

  she’ll flatten you

sink her teeth

   right into you

prod and poke

   scratch and stab

in verbal joust

   you will be had

she’ll wear a mask

   to ward away

then bust your balls

   cos' you won’t stay

look straight through

   your crooked smile

and call you out

   like your on trial

don’t pin her down

   she can’t be still

she’ll slither

   out from under you

her shrewd advice

    she gives for free

will lead you
   clear calamity

for all her wisdom

   on her shelf

her only blind spot

   is herself

though some may warn

   “she’ll be your end”
you’d be pressed to find

   a better friend

~csr