A friend
is someone who knows the song
in your heart and can sing it back to you
when you have forgotten the words.
A friend
should be radical;
They should
love you when you're unlovable,
Hug you
when you're unhuggable,
And bear
you when you're unbearable.
A friend
should be fanatical;
they should
cheer when the whole world boos,
Dance when
you get good news,
And cry
when you cry too.
But most
of all, a friend should be mathematical,
They should
multiply the joy, Divide the sorrow,
Subtract
the past, And add to tomorrow,
Calculate
the need deep in your heart,
And always
be bigger than the sum of all their parts.
Forward
this to all your friends and send it back to the person
who sent
it to you, because whoever sent this to you, really
cares
about you, and is your friend.
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