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Poems

I wandered lonely in the cloud

I wandered lonely in the cloud, as Zooming stars flew by

I timed my face, I ticked the tock and instagrammed a ‘Hi’

The whats were apped, the chat was snapped but no one called for me

I missed the Teams in the waiting room with no one there to see.

So Solitaire’s the only game for me,

I play alone, not in a group, it’s how I seem to be

I feel a surge of loneliness, familiar friend of mine

All alone, yet connected to a billion more online

I found a site for pairs online, for matching two the same.

A glimmer of endorphins as I begin the game

I play my cards right, hesitantly I break my isolation

I found a way to dip my toe in the waters of this playing cyber nation

I’m anyone, I’m everyman, a player in the ether.

I’m not alone, connected maybe, but not together either.

I’ll play it out, and play it better, with an imaginary friend,

I’m having fun and feeling lighter, but know that it will end.

The game is over, cortisol seeps across my mental screen

But there it is a ‘like’ a ‘see ya’ meme that says I have been seen

And now it’s now, and I am here,

.................alone again, naturally.

But I played it out a bit, although I just stayed in

I competed and I cheated and I let someone win

I smiled in the darkness because the play was fun

I know that I’m not there yet but something has begun

Alison Woolf