voices.

they tell me

you cannot write
for other people:

words are meaningless

meaningless things,

absurd letters upon letters:

letters having sex and

sex is not allowed here.

tell me,

you cannot write

for other people:

their days, their walks--

walks are meaningless

meaningless steps, drumming

footprints upon footprints

on the grass and sand

and sand we wash away

and away we go

go nowhere.

you cannot, cannot write!

for other people:

their childhoods, their deaths--

deaths are meaningless

meaningless events,

silenced goodbyes after goodbyes

and goodbyes are never good

and goodbyes are never good

and good is gone,

gone to heaven.