Helpless
A. Gautam
Because I could not help my friend
All night I slept badly
He’d wanted just some extra cash
But I was broke, you see
5 No piggy bank, no birthday cash
And I had spent away
Allowance and loose pennies too
Before the week was through
I passed his desk, he looked as sad
10 as an airless balloon
I passed the bench, where at recess
He seemed to shrink some more
Why did he even need money?
Why did he ask from Me?
15 We seemed to hardly ever speak
Now is he mad at me?
The poet describes the speaker’s actions in the third stanza to show that
A the speaker cares less and lessthe speaker cares less and less
B the friend has not moved all daythe friend has not moved all day
C the speaker is watching the friendthe speaker is watching the friend
D the friend does not pay attention in class