carry loneliness on your shoulder

everything from the navel upwards is regarded as [ineffective/invalid/in vain]

like drinking a glass of water

ought to smash its actual meaning

not because it is a physiological necessity

but rather a room’s

total inundation

 

the sounds of coming and going

surrounds you as if you are a dock

then comes a figure on TV

administering violence

but you remain completely unharmed

and this is just a touch too dull

 

everyone who is celebrating a holiday is a stranger to you

with no intention of stopping here

perhaps under the direct instructions of their bodies

 

there are fewer and fewer people in the city

gradually being replaced by an expanse of water