Best Friend

From a prompt by @freeta

Friend is a fickle fellow

Or a gal

Who ain’t a pal

They come

And go

Depending on the show

Acquaintances

Amigos

Amiable

Admirers

Good for a chat

Borrow your hat

The joker

With whom you can play poker

Begging boozers

To join their gang of losers

Sports ladies and lads

Who wager a tad

Too much

Always in a rush

Sports buddies

School buddies

Army buddies

College buddies

Work buddies

The laughers

The worriers

The listeners

The glamped up glisteners

The jesters

The sensual suggesters

The intellectual testers

The shape shifters

Who become drifters

From early years

We love the cheers

Some kids have loads

The sensitive ones play with toads

Always on the right roads

But as we age

Most turn the page

And leave the stage

They fade

Into the shade

You got one

You got one more than everyone else

Sounds dark

But this is no lark

We think we know

They help us grow?

And they will always show

No

You must be slow

But the real test

Is the word Best

And that changes the name

And game

Different story

That’s a song

To sing

That slings

The lucky few

To the front pew

With the best view

In life

A partner, a husband or wife

Who ends strife

True friendship

Is true love

Same boat

To never gloat

To hold each other close

And to all others say adios

Amigos