I can be
mostly alone
if I want
it’s up to me
that’s how I know
I have nothing
no, less than nothing
to complain about
we live
in the most privileged
society in the most
privileged time
humankind
has ever known
because we have
the choice
to be alone
if we want
and nothing is sadder
than feeling alone.
Here's my companion poem for your poem "Mostly Alone" ... it's called Deciding What to Eat". It also deals with choices ..
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Do we have a choice?
And by this I mean a choice
Of what to eat among many, many choices.
And not the choice of whether to eat
Because if we choose not to eat
Ultimately we’ll lose our drive to eat.
No energy, no appetite.
Or the cockroach makes me lose my appetite.
Or I’m stuffed and no longer have an appetite.
Some eat only for the pleasure of the taste
Some eat for their health despite the taste
And then there are those with the most discriminating tastes.
I stand before the open fridge.
Consider cooking raw ingredients from the fridge.
O just eat those leftovers and close the god-damned fridge.
ReplyDelete"Da liphnai mi sh'ata omed" It's the g-d-damned fridge. And the Lord has given you the choice, between the blessing and the curse, yesterday's Chinese take-out and a baloney sandwich.
It's a whole new understanding of Deuteronomy!!!
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