Lost in the crowd

A singleton of unconform
a lone wheat sheaf in a field of corn

That has to be one of the most desolate lines I've ever read in a poem, Slip. It captures the essence of loneliness perfectly.  The entire poem encapsulates the feeling and leaves the reader feeling one of two ways: blessed for what they have, or relating in the loneliness which exists.

I always try to honor your request for honest critique, so won't stop now.  Firstly, don't forget to double-check through a spell-checker before posting; or, there is one built into DU which highlights misspellings with red lines.  There is only one here, but still, it's a big one and can trip a reader up by interrupting the flow of the poem. Technically the only other thing I see is a lack of possessional tense in life's unknown.

claustrophobia*

Secondly, I like that you capitalize the beginning of each sentence only; it helps guide the reader through. I would love to see you incorporate punctuation.  I consider it the prose of poetry because it guides the reader ( particularly novices who are not familiar with reading free verse ).  It's an extension of your voice and vision in that it demonstrates where you want the reader to pause, where to stop, where to keep going, etc.   Using the first stanza only, I would incorporate in the following way:

Just to poke your head above the parapet
and spirit find no magic carpet—
none to lift, no hand to help;
all I see is self self self

Here I have used three separate forms of punctuation: the em dash, a comma, and a semicolon.  Firstly, the em dash is the most versatile punctuation mark you could use. I can be used in place of a comma, semicolon, even parenthesis. It carries the least amount of rules in its baggage. It also does't have to precede or ensue an independent clause. It's both fragment and sentence friendly;  therefore, when you want the reader to know there is more, and yet, want them to pause before they reach that 'more', more so than the natural break at the end of the line, or a comma, then use the em dash.  Secondly, I've used a comma in L3 just for a tad of reflective break to let the reader pause for a microsecond and experience the desolation of the line.  

none to lift ( sigh ) no hand to help

Thirdly, I'm using a semicolon to end the line because both it and L4 are independent clauses. A semicolon separates two complete sentences and yet connects the same train of thought; therefore, connecting L3/4 allows them to each stand on their own while connecting the second sentence to the flow of the former.  

Lastly, I am accentuating the repetition in L4 by inserting a comma and ellipses because I feel there is an omission of a word here, i.e. - 'and', self.  The ellipses allows you to get right to the point without filler words.  It also drags out a thought instead of abruptly ending it.  It can also signify when you want to space, hesitate, build drama or suspense ( think Captain Kirk on Star Trek ).

Look at both side x side:

Just to poke your head above the parapet
and spirit find no magic carpet
none to lift no hand to help
all I see is self self self

Just to poke your head above the parapet
and spirit find no magic carpet—
none to lift, no hand to help;
all I see is self, self. . .self

Slip, I am so impressed with your improvements as a poet over the short time you have been writing. You have applied yourself, worked so diligently, and it's really beginning to show.  I am absolutely amazed you have not written before now.

I use Microsoft word 10  On the draught page (submit poem) none of the double click tools work bold italics etc. Spelling underlines in red and sometimes auto-corrects I have to use my Mob Phone to google the word and correct it, on rev- viewing the piece to correct all the red underlining disappears, and so the spelling mistakes continue to appear as I miss them. I have no idea how to copy and paste from a word DOC where all the aforementioned tools work fine. for someone of my advancing years its very hard to master
And most annoying If you do not fill every box ie poem title category type of comment hit save as draught it deletes the complete poem
I constantly struggle with the tools of the site on my platform and I thank you for your great patience and continued encouragement  Regards SLIP

Slip, this is an excellent poem with several remarkable lines like so:

"I scream at the life support robots"

Wow.

It looks like you have some extra words in here due to cut n paste:

"Man Friday [in a] in a crowd marooned"

Ahavati did a wonderfully comprehensive critique regarding the rest.