Compound Isolation

Title - Compound Isolation Childhood passed in studies,
adulthood in earning.
Middle age slipped into philosophy and rehab-
and old age will not come at all.
I have seen the poor carry a king’s attitude, Read more from here...
The Man Who Sold the World

A real poor man never knows the value of money-
only the value of himself.
And yet there comes a time when
he doesn’t grasp the full shame of it-
he loves, he works for her,
and he is also the one who gives her money, Read more from here...
Meter Running

Living without you has been difficult.
I keep thinking we could be friends once again.
Just as the labourer’s hands grow calloused from honest toil,
the cobbler’s fingers learn the secret language of leather and thread,
and the student’s mind bends toward mastery through endless repetition-
so the whore perfects a craft that looks like desire Read more from here...
