church

Couples, couples everywhere & not

a welcoming smile among them


do they know what I’ve done? the

sins I’ve committed?


Do the men smell the lust & deviance? the women
think me unclean?


In a third space of not-home
not-work
not-welcome or known

Am I a third wheel always? Well-constructed
and unneeded?


Friends, friends everywhere and
yet I leave alone