Existential isolation was
En vogue
When I was in school
(Probably still is)
To which I added drunken dissipation
Upon graduation I found sobriety
And was terribly alone
Outside the “we” program
Despising my loneliness
In an otherwise paradisaical climate
I no longer feel alone
Which begins with Carol and us
There is the small church
Sacred community
In a world that has no place for religion
Out of vogue
Trends
But I have Carol
I have the church
I have sacred community
Which means more than any trend
I live my own life
I pay the consequences, reap the rewards
And think very little about some social construct of vogue
David Fekete 