12/17/2003

Not
among the multitudes
dropping like flies
by the minute
everywhere
from
nothing to eat
he looks for
what will fill
the emptiness
that remains
even after
he has eaten
well
having fished the past
for the everlasting
and foraged in
the pantry
for anything
more immediately satisfying
finding only disappointment
he has begun
asking
just what
he has never eaten
sounds good
unkind to anyone
making suggestions
that fail to understand
the difference between
need
and trivial pursuit.