true religion this is not

of course compassion comes quickly
when those receiving are sure to return
the favor done for friends rather than
gifts given to strangers with uncertainty
about the appreciation and wondering
whether the sacrifice was accepted as
the act of love intended and directed
at the hands that held it at the start
because i tend to wash the feet of friends
before bending to beggars' level and
even this page is about the people i prefer
the ones who return what i said i never
wanted back but expected from them nonetheless.