the echo chamber

simply
terrified
of every
family
member &
friend,
acquaintance
&
even those
random
people they
met at the
park if
they ever
left (keeping
themselves
locked up
inside the
echo chamber
dwelling
big enough to
house half
the homeless
population of
their elite
town), thinking
that the minute
they someone
in, they’ll want
money, they
will want
want want
want want
want want
want want
from them &
how dare
they not
understand
the price of
this deep
horrifying
loneliness?