From The Corners

Have you seen it

In the clubs, financial ruin is

A sort of invisible

Leprosy

People are want

To get too close once they know

You have it, even

Once close friends, try

Not to be noticed when

You enter the room, not knowing

What to say or

How to act if

They are trapped

Into facing you.

They try to move

Nonchalantly

To the corners of the room,

And the center becomes rather

Un-crowded as you move

Through it. Even

A friendly wave seems

Difficult.

They can’t help, and

They know it, but

They are made

Uncomfortable

By their inadequacy,

The inability to stop.

I think, some are afraid

That it

Will somehow rob off

On them, the bad luck,

The hopelessness,

The incomprehensible

Tragedy,

The fear…….. “My God,

If it can happen to him, it could

Happen to me”,

Their attitude almost screams 

From the corners.