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For A Friend

The whiff of strong coffee
Was enough to light up that flame
The flame of love
The flame of friendship
The flame of camaraderie
Amid those breaks
Those girlie talks
Those fun times
What we not really realized
Was the bond of love
The bond of friendship
The bond of camaraderie
Life makes a move
Like pawns we adjust
To meet at another crossroads of life

To get high on another cuppa

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