MY BRAND OF LONELINESS
is much better than your brand of loneliness.
I’m a Marlboro man, sipping a lemon Coke—
an impenetrable moat prevents anyone
from ever getting close to me. I suffer alone
in ways that have’nt yet been invented.
If you knock on my door, I won’t let you in.
I’m addicted to the joy of suffering,
and cherish all my sorrows.
Please leave me alone.