Cocktail Conversation
If I pretend
That you're noble,
Will you agree
That I am kind?
If I act as if
I'm talking about you
But talk about me,
Would you mind?
If I take up your bait
About a fascinating job
And don't challenge what you do,
Will you fall for my line
About noisy colored neighbours
And say
That you'd have moved too?
Will you confirm
All my convictions
If I don't notice
Your assumptions are absurd?
If so
We can talk like this for hours
Without meaning
A single word.
2 comments:
Stumbled upon your blog post via a Google Search Alert for "Gerard Kelly". I am a huge fan of Gerard's. For further content from him see his blog, poems and talks from his church in Amsterdam. Enjoy.
Hi Simon, thanks for dropping in and for the links, especially the poems. I read the first few ones, will read more at leisure. Come by again :)
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