Ramona Visits Me In My Dreams

Love's Not The Way To Treat A Friend

 

Love's not the way to treat a friend.

I wouldn't wish that on you. I don't

want to see your eyes forgotten

on a rainy day, lost in the endless purse

of those who can remember nothing.

 

Love"s not the way to treat a friend.

I don't want to see you end up that way

with your body being poured like wounded

marble into the architecture of those who make

bridges out of crippled birds.

 

Love's not the way to treat a friend.

There are so many better things for you

than to see your feelings sold

as magic lanterns to somebody whose body

casts no light.

 

Richard Brautigan

 

Done