More reason than most To feel I don’t belong When I try to do right Something always goes wrong And no family Or friends Reassure me I’m home When among present company Still All alone And excluded, Excused From the small-talking table No appetite For the type Of my distasteful Dispensing with pleasantry’s Penchant for wasteful Lifetime’s precious mine To do what I prefer Not with you, Not with them But with pen, Without her