1. My friend, if I have wronged you
I turn against you, and if you flee I do not outpace

2. I am a man whom men find hostile
Yet travelers find gentler than blue flies

3. Think not of me as a man you chanced upon
Whom you grazed with your elbow passing by

4. I am a man who is truest when I face you
Cane-slim yet I sweat not at the contest

5. O friend if I drive for you
My legs race toward justice and truth