no solvents for solitude

Learn to look past, 

to be the first to part. 

Tears, saliva, sperm 

are no solvents for solitude. 

On gilded wedding bowls, 

on the plastic cups of one-night stands, 

an eye can see, if skilled, 

solitude’s bitter residue. 

 

[Vera Pavlova {1963- } '6', from If There is Something to Desire]