“and others”

who are the fabled “and others"?

one could rightly say there are too many to record.

who are the masses of those classified as "and others"?

they gather behind the aura of the identifiable.

"Mobster "Tony Six-Toes" was shot dead today

along with famous gun moll Beatrix Pitts,... and others."

one can define “and others” as unidentified

witnesses to murders, or at the award ceremonies,

in small States mingling with big States, and

within the opinion polls of the frontrunners.

“and others” are as responsible as anyone

for the state of current affairs.

“and others” escape prosecution, can never be

personally praised for being smart enough

for buying the best automobile or smoking

the safest cigarette, or found guilty of an incident.

 "and others" are in the aether, are lighter than air,

are lingering beyond the Crab, napping behind the hub of its veil,

they're found whenever shots ring out, when the jet engine fails,

when more than one interstate bus topples from the mountainside.

the fabled "and others" can be found among the gofers,

and apprentices, and the last car in the procession containing

third cousins of the dearly departed.   

"and others" are by far, the loneliest people in the world.