You are my savior

In company.

Reminding me to wear

Trousers in public.

Shielding me with anecdotes,

To fill the long silences,

I find no discomfort in.

Letting me snipe some sarcasm

On occasion,

Like Paris hanging out with Ajax

At the restaurant table.*

*According to the Illiad, Paris sniped arrows at the Trojans from behind Ajax's huge shield.