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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FALSE FRIEND, by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM
First Line: I had a friend, but he
Last Line: My ulcer festering.
First Line: I had a friend, but he
Last Line: My ulcer festering.
I had a friend, but he
Was no true friend to me;
A wound he was, that tore
My heart, and pained me sore.
He gloated to espy
Me slip, then like a fly
He swooped, rejoiced to sting
My ulcer festering.
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