Poem 26: Friends

We have a land line that sits on our living room table

Since we both own our own cell phones, it is seldom enabled

It only rings every so often, when it does it usually is a scam call

Other than that, it doesn’t ring that often at all

It’s part of our package, it’s not much of a cost

We only seem to use it when one of our cell phones is lost

We call it the “Bat Phone” because of how seldom it’s used

I even answer it “Yes Commissioner”…see how easily I am amused

If you look in the phone book that’s the number printed there

But as far as friends go, it’s our cell phone we share

So this phone rings the other night and who’s on the line?

What are the odds? It was a good friend of mine

She called us for a breakfast get together and asked us to meet

It couldn’t have been more convenient, this restaurant is not far from our street

We were to meet Wednesday morning at this favourite dive

The time was to be eight thirty…table of five

When my wife and I got to the restaurant, the party was already there

It wasn’t too long before we began our stories to share

One of our friends said he couldn’t go

Turns out he had greener grass that he had to mow

So it ended up that there would be just us four

This conversation lasted for two hours or more

The bond that we have is that we worked with each other

It has been quite a few years since we’ve seen one another

With me being retired, I haven’t kept up with the news

The one who is still working gave us an updated review

The stories were relatable and great in detail

Of people we know and if things were going well

This took up most of the conversation and we were all eager to hear

Turns out the future isn’t too rosy for some it would appear

The other person at the table, when working with us, kept up her studies

She decided to take up this profession and then left all her buddies

Now she works in another province and she isn’t sorry

If you were to ask her, her response would be “no worries!”

The one that is still in the workplace is counting her days

She doesn’t have too much longer is what we heard her say

She is a dynamo and has more energy than most people I know

Not sure what she will do when she decides it’s time to go

The other “no show” I often see when I am out on my walk

I know I’ve been spotted when he gives me a honk

I sat in front of him at the hockey games to keep in touch for this reason

Not sure if he decided to renew his tickets this coming season

The four of enjoyed our get together and went on our way

The plan is to get together for one more day

If it happens that things don’t go according to plan

It would be nice for us to all get together the next time we can