words...

 I have an old friend...
we have been friends a long time

my whole life in fact

a few years ago he started to kick me in the shin

it was slight

I did not enjoy it

yet he continued

then recently he walked up to me and brushed some lint off my shoulder

then demanded than I thank him for doing such

I had not noticed about the lint being removed from my should

as I was too focused on the kicks to the shin

and really...

I had not asked for the lint to be removed

I could handle that myself

but I had asked not to be kicked in the shin

this is a metaphor

no one is kicking me in the shin