' I Am Not Lonely' He Quipped. Poem by RIC BASTASA

there is something really wrong
with you,
you have cut yourself off from
the intestines of mankind,

what is it that makes you stay?
that makes you look like a closed jar,
what made you cut off that tongue
what sharp difference have you made
out of that lonely self?

' i am not lonely' he quipped.
and the room fell silent, the wall
embarrassed about its nature.
and the window, compromised
with a smile, perhaps 'well said'.