The Outsider Poem by Damion Hamilton

I sit in a bar and drink by myself
There are people all around

I do not feel a great connection

Or minor connection with the
People

I only feel a connection with the beer
That I am drinking

I have sat in many bars and been
In many places with people

And have always been
The eternal outsider

And perhaps it's' supposed to
Be this way

I never related the mainstream
Their jobs
Their schools
Their institutions

The rules, the discipline, camaraderie

The beer puts me in a daze, while the
Chatter goes on, and is senseless
To me

A place i apparently should be

I relate more to the out of towners
The foreigners
The outcasts
The gypsies

The people who are on margins

Are my squad