a lone cricket
sitting on the porch
vibrating a song
of incessant need
chitinous legs
a one bug cacophony
in staccato refrain
screaming for
something i am not
sure truly exists

a lone poet
sitting on the couch
vibrating an ode
to a vacuous need
mind shivering
a one man disaster
held in love’s disdain
screaming for
someone i see now
doesn’t care i exist