Does pain
always human bolt the door,
misunderstanding
the differnece between untouched nerves
and hollowness?
Perhaps, for instance,
Pelican’s afraid.
(it happens)
The matter he claims
is that there’s no one
“for all to see no one”
can’t see
can’t hear
can’t find
But I still can feel this,
all of this,
like an ulcer in the gut.
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