But I know the course of friendship, its ebb and flow, the way it comes in real close, then goes. In fact, friendship is the only relationship I know. Being single lets you linger with the most interesting friends, spend nine hours without obligation. All is fair when it comes to love. Friendship vanishes in the wake of it, turns into catch-ups, often when the chips are down, re-abandoned when love rights itself, or work exacts its due, or both. There is no legal contract, no matter how hard you work at it, no matter how close it comes, no matter how long it lasts.
