Still

[Semicircle]

From the walls 
A scritch scratch–
(scritch scratch)

thin

On the floor
A drip drop–
(drip drop)

fatty, and, weighty


Lumpy blankets
Containing a bed of mice.


Thickness of life-realty/reality


Squeak squeak–
(squeak squeak)

The same same


Groaning house;
Aching, breathing,
Cold fingertips wafting.


Screaming, scratching, crying–
Silence.


Quiet sniffles–
(sniffle sniffle)


Stuck in the sensations of still being still

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Are you playing with the layers of lonely places here?

Yes indeed. I want to give a sense of loneliness off of most of my poems.