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Alone But Not Lonely

I hide in the corner behind a cloud of smoke Then find myself laughing at a strangers joke For i seemed to have developed a hobby you see Quietly sitting back watching people be I don't want to meet them or learn there name I just sit back and observe like some kind of game Regardless of how nice they may seem To meet them would be disappointing and obscene For good manners are no more Just look and shopping malls it's like a guerrilla war Although i do get some joy from strangers action Like a child eating an ice-cream with gleeful satisfaction But still i have no need to talk I'm more than happy to sit and gawk Tall people, Short people, fat ladies snorting And my favorite awkward young lovers courting Its a quiet existence this life of mine To be perfectly honest it suits me fine I'm alone but not lonely For my house is quiet homely And as long as i have my stranger friends I will live like this happy to my end.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2005




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