1st draft: 12 January 2008
unpublished
I shouted from the other room
& my voice went unheard
I asked what the point was
& my answer never came
I drank a gallon of coffee
& gained nothing from it
I wielded a self-righteous sword
& my friends abandoned me
I shivered in darkness
& was never found
I sang a thousand songs in a row
& my voice went unheard
I asked when the end was
& my answer never came
I ran until my lungs collapsed
& gained nothing from it
I gave everything I had
& my friends abandoned me
I wandered to a new consciousness
& was never found