Such Genius of Solitude

and we're so clever
and we're so very
	        alone
losing friends
to find ourselves
the sordid boon
	    of the self
	    of assertion
	    of one's identity
so laughably magicians
	        with parlor tricks
	        with smoke and mirrors
                            dim reflections
		          of who we are
	       outlines of a sole companion
and we're so very cleverly alone