Your Enemy



If I abet your enemy would you consider me your friend?
Would you provide immunity if this message to you I send?
If I comfort your enemy would you consider me your friend?
Would you find it duplicity if this message to you I send?
If I side with your enemy would you consider me your friend?
Would you see a conspiracy if this message to you I send?
If I defend your enemy would you consider me your friend?
Would you think it a travesty if this message to you I send?
If I befriend your enemy would you consider me your friend?
Would you question my loyalty if this message to you I send?
If I speak to your enemy would you consider me your friend?
Would you sense it hypocrisy if this message to you I send?
If I play with your enemy would you consider me a friend?
Would you observe disunity if this message to you I send?
If I deal with your enemy would you consider me your friend?
Would you offer impunity if this message to you I send?
If I share with your enemy would you consider me your friend?
Would you see the dishonesty if this message to you I send?
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 1,048
Words 210
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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