Thank you

In trying to figure
How to flatter you
I coined many phrases
And metaphors drew

Yet none seemed
To suit my eye
They reeked on account
Of the lie

So I figured that
All I'd do
Is say a sincere
Thank You!

And list for posterity
In angular verse
What I learned in lines
That are terse

First, and foremost
Be nice
Forgo the sugar
Leave the spice

Next, I learned
To be friends
Retaining still
My critical sense

Then, in October
I do recall
You showed support
And I did not fall

Yet above all
I have learned
Expressing an opinion
Is money earned
Saying what I thought
Is money earned