there is a loneliness in this world so great<br />that you can see it in the slow movement of<br />the hands of a clock.<br /><br />people so tired<br />mutilated<br />either by love or no love.<br /><br />people just are not good to each other<br />one on one.<br /><br />the rich are not good to the rich<br />the poor are not good to the poor.<br /><br />we are afraid.<br /><br />our educational system tells us<br />that we can all be<br />big-ass winners.<br /><br />it hasn't told us<br />about the gutters<br />or the suicides.<br /><br />or the terror of one person<br />aching in one place<br />alone<br /><br />untouched<br />unspoken to<br /><br />watering a plant.