need and greed and what They will allow

In an asylum, solitary confinement or simply locked in one's room, humans have needs.

          the flowers   ---   the flowers

do not send flowers

send help

                     send aspirins and arsenic

      send earplugs and ink

send letters   ---   no cards   ---

      send music     ---   light sambas   ---

send small thin books

send poetry to make me ache

send silent understanding

much  much

send yellowing yesterdays

tied with green ribbons

send me your eyes

...  a terse note

no flowers