is not that people get lonely-that is all too easy
-but how the loneliness multiplies
as they come to exist in densely populated areas.
Such that when they are all so alone
and all so close to each other
the lack of consolation multiplies also,
so that with so little to exist for, they each
come to perpetuate each others loneliness.
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ReplyDeleteAs a sad denizen of London town (8 million) I can only confirm the insight of this piece. Life was far less lonely in Cork (100,000). The more humans in one spot, the more inhuman it becomes.
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