THIS POET CANNOT NOT THINK ABOUT IT

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Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy

when there’s no reference point it is difficult to say I love you

years and years of swiping left make it all the more impossible

Usually we regard loneliness as an absorbing case study for the treatment of deviance

a genesis     wantable unloveable    a river

I just want to relax and die in a detox centre from too much health

Usually we regard loneliness as not knowing what to do with yourself

we cannot, of course, determine what is at stake when knowing

Usually we regard loneliness as cold food

when it pukes its insides soft it is difficult to leave throw up behind without lapping it

Usually we regard loneliness as that which to run away from

I yearn to nurture it in my bear hands if it will let me