MEASURING A FRIENDSHIP

We laughed together

Every time we spoke.

For a brief, easy moment

Or riotously

Till our eyes watered.

While we laughed

Our hearts were lighter

As if we were once more

Children at play.

Did that shared laughter

Outweigh the deep

Political divide,

And the long lists

Of troubles poured out

Over the many years?

Did our laughter

Have more weight

On the scale of time?

Were those light moments

Enough to support long friendship?

For words spoken in elegy

Or in epitaph,

What higher praise

Might there be than these:

We laughed together.

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