ashamed, i am:
ashamed alone.
without other bricks,
i can build no home

immaculately guilt-free is the bonded group.
never singular, always plural,
that's the definition of the group.

distinction as a him, a her,
not them
makes me anxiously wrought
with the selfish thought
of a word not licensed, spoken

ashamed, i am
because 'i' is not only first person,
but singular:
a dreaded, useless version
of human in humanity