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Friend
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By Gillena Cox
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FRIEND
My friend and I went jogging
We sweated and swore we lost
weight
Enough calories burned
We gulped coconut water

My friend's father died
We went to church
She wore black I wore white
She cried I cried

My friend and I boarded the plane
To another island we flew
We squatted on our beach towels
And laughed at absolutely
everything

My friend told me knock knock jokes
Before I went to the hospital
After surgery I remembered them
I smiled

My Friend - the sun rose this
morning
The birds sang at dawn - time out
Just these few minutes I want to
spend
With no one else but You - Sweet
Jesus



Friend (c)2001 Gillena Cox


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Submitted: Sunday, May 6, 2001

Last Updated: Thursday, February 24, 2011

About the Poet
I live in Trinidad of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; a multi ethnic, multi religious society. I write poetry for the sheer joy of crafting my feelings, my emotions my thoughts. I enjoy the challenge of abstraction in writing haiku. Married to Anthony Cox in 1971; we have a daughter Yanda and a son Khama. I was born in 1950 First grandchild: a grand-daughter born October 2012


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