Studio Apartment

by Joseph McCombs

It's dangerous: days become meager fragments
and you spend too many kitchen evenings
staring at things that thicken upon standing

it's lonely: no one for you to serve, or to
be served by; no reason to pull out
a second plate, or any plate at all

it's disappointing: all the clothes in your closet
reek of familiarity and you don't catch
any foreign scents paying a visit

it's saddening: you know everyone around you
and not one thing all day has surprised you
and all your groceries in bulk remind you

that this world was not made for single people.

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