If people keep stepping on you,
wear a pointy hat.
There is no word of advice
quite as sensible as that.
But then there is
the warm handshake,
the friendly hug,
the charming kiss
that’s meant to say either
that or this,
but hides a dark intent.
The painful sting of betrayal
is what gets you in the end —
One cannot wear a pointy hat
against a lying friend.