Loneliness List

Mistaken notes toward a history of silence.
Parking lot of abandoned shopping carts.
Empty whiskey bottles. Footless footwear.
Snow that won't stick. Sky of no birds.
Voiceless echo. Discarded condoms.
Page without words. Unwritten poems.
Sentence without subject. Misplaced melody.
Many hopes but no expectations. Unmade beds.
Plotless novels. Men's room lacking urinals.
Laundromat at 3 AM. Skirt without woman.
Flesh of your empty palm. Earless moaning.
Dead for no reason. Stack of unpaid bills.
Naked clothesline in the rain. Unread books.
How much of nothing can you take? Beam me up.