There's Nothing on TV, So...
An old poem I once forgot...
So I guess we’ll have to talk to each other
and think about what we
haven’t said
in such a long time.
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Maybe we can listen to the radio
(nothing to see there).
We can switch frequencies
and see what is in the air.
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Do you want to talk,
or read what’s in the news?
Do we need to write it down
and hope that we see something unsaid?
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There’s nothing on TV
and we can’t stand the radio
playing and fading,
So we’ll talk and get our words
out and in our heads
(just like a real conversation;
just like ourselves again).

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Comments (4)
You could pair this with the Springsteen song or the Groucho Marx quote, excellent thoughts
Well-wrought! The conversation between the light and shadow self can reward us with insights that bloom between self and other.
In this day and age the art of conversation is fading away. Yet we still desire to be with someone.
Heaven forbid it comes to that. Hand me the remote!