ALONE

IT'S AMAZING HOW PERSONS, BY THEMSELVES, ALL ALONE

CAN VIOLATE THE PRIVACY OF OTHERS TO THE BONE

THEY SEEM TO THINK YOU DON'T EXIST, AND IGNORE YOUR EVERY MOVE

WHEN AFTER ALL' YOU'RE, REALLY THERE, AND ALL YOU WANT IS TO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO PROVE

BY SITTING DOWN RIGHT NEXT TO YOU WITH NARY A SIDEWAYS GLANCE

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MAY HAVE LOST, MAYBE JUST THE GREATEST CHANCE

TO KNOW A POET AND A HERDER OF SHEEP THAT LOVES HIS LONELY WAYS

YOU NEVER KNOW, IF THEY HAD SAID HELLO IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEIR HAPPIEST DAYS

C.K.R.

7/9/94