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a response poem from creative writing

It will not ask me to lie.
It will not take my hand.
It will not turn away in anger.

It will not cackle.
I will not snicker.
It will not prevaricate.

It will not step back ten paces.
It will not stagger forward, inebriated.
It will not guess my weight.
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