I notice your eyes

as they scan across my limbs

the recognition-

the awareness.

But do you really care?

Are your questions genuine?

At times I thought I had found

a real

"genuine"

friend.

But to be honest

I don't think I even know what

"genuine"

even means.

Mother Mother wrote a song

called "Conversations"

    "The faces are empty,

        and so are my bedsheets

     but my bedsheets keep me warm."

The emptiness extends beyond my bedsheets.

      I feel empty INSIDE.

06/18/2022