The ethical dilemma of facebook "friending"

What do you do when people you know
but with whom you've never been friends
Ask to "friend" you
on facecbook?

It was years, decades ago:
the old conflicts, the hard feelings.
You thought you were over it.
It seems that you're not.

Do you pretend?
Do you swallow pride?
Do you accept the invite
and then just never message?

Living thousands of miles away,
it's not like you'll ever see them.

And if there's trouble,
ignore
can end a flame war.

So maybe it's like the teen talk
"frenemy"
that you keep close
to scrutinize,
letting the Internet
be the glass
between you
and vitriol.

Cracked watch crystal

Chipped over the 2,
directly,
right on the 2nd wide line.
Time unchecked
keeps slipping
away.
The watch, a gift
from the friend of my heart,
marks the time
we are apart
and very little together
as 2.
Usually
2 ones
and not
one 2.
As the 2nd hand clicks past
the crack,
I wonder if
when
how
he will
come back to me.
Fragile crystal,
transparent
and fissured,
yet it never obscures
the 2nds
that move
from present
to past,
keeping the future
always a moment
at bay.