Hermitude

Your hermitude
it’s a 24/7 thing
an ‘otherwise engagement’
a ‘Do not disturb’ sign
on a door whose color is a mystery
a no-no thing
a no-no-no thing
said so silently
that exclamation marks fall
and arrange themselves as postscript
in ad-animation style
but your hermitude
slips out and in
in doorless ways
marks ‘present’
in virtual space
and I wonder
(with a smile):
‘Exceptions for the privileged?’