<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=487522" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ensemble Fete Rustique</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am assembling conversations <br>Of two former buddies <br>Who really like each other <br>Not as lovers <br>But as pure friends <br>And much as they really want <br>As brothers <br>They wanted to be <br>On same direction <br>Taking together <br>A path they love </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But as fate would have it <br>Each had <br>Opposite directions <br>One went south <br>The other north </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For years each <br>Thought about <br>The other what <br>Happened and <br>Where must he <br>Be now living </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One fine day <br>They see each <br>But as norms dictate <br>Of course <br>One cannot kiss <br>The other <br>They shake hands <br>Like nice gentlemen <br>And they sit <br>And talk <br>No one cries <br>Each will be <br>Calm and rigid </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“you are <br>flourishing! ”he stoically said. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>“you look <br>real good! ”, he is unmoving, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">they have not <br>seen each other <br>for 30 years </div><div style="margin:10px 0">but as norms <br>would have <br>it, they pretend <br>that there is <br>no softness <br>involved <br>that there <br>exists no <br>feelings like <br>that of a <br>lover long lost <br>and now is <br>found. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Each saw the light <br>And each has opted <br>For a compromise <br>They have to be <br>Blind just the same <br>When they first <br>Parted as buddies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=487522" data-title="Ensemble Fete Rustique de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="I am assembling conversations Of two former buddies Who really like each other Not as lovers But as pure friends And much as they really want As brothers They wanted to be On same direction Taking together A path they love But as fate ..."></div> </div> </div>

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