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alonely

who sang that song
you know
that in a crooning line
about
being so lonely

and who was it
sang
that naturally
is lonely

and how awful is it
really
how far
against the law

all right
if one
were better nature
we would each
have one’s own planet

and we don’t

we have
interlocking parts
quite
frankly
maybe starting with
our fingers

we see into
something
when
we see
into
each other

eyes
not required

we have tingling senses
spider-people
when
we’re sure that someone’s
in the room
with
us

and
yes
of course
we have our voices
that
talk
that reach
through space
or on some paper
through
machines

again
voicestrings
unrequired

we get across
somehow
a message
when
we’re dedicated
to
the messaging

even
urgently
we find each other
speak
silent
say
we need to say

and yet
the bodies have their skins
and in
no way
can we be
each other

and when not
together
there is one
alone

surroundings may not matter

and isn’t there
some goodness there
sometimes
in face
when we think of it
quite often

and shall
the hour
go well
in which we think
reason
consider a resolve
to this issue
and that
one

(sometimes that one)

goodness
we might
write
you know

(you know been
known
to happen)

and so
the goodness
even of the Lord
who made us
one by one
even by one
sometimes by minutes
in between
the twins
of things

the Lord shall
love us
one
by one
by one

and
yes
for sweetness
when
we’re all together
by the way
and by the way
of all things
showing that we’re joined
on planet Earth
in systems
solar
in all companionship
through which is ringed
frankly
the gravity
separate
ringed together
cosmos

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