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We Talk (poem by Jewel Kilcher)

mirabii

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We talk
slowly
about nothing
about movies
we stick to
surface streets
and find no
meaning in cafe windows
no substance in
hotel rooms
I used to unwrap you!
tender layers unfolding
like eager gold
but now
we are cool
and recount
our daily bores
as though
the sum or our
uses
equaled
something
(more)
substantial
while softer
things shrivel
and dry roots
go unfed
strangled
by the phone line
and all
that is
not said
- Jewel Kilcher
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if you found out you were dreaming, would you want to wake up?
Please don't interrupt me. That last sentence took a lot of effort to think of and now I have to think of another one.
 
i was just re reading this poem yesterday for about the thousandth time.... it seems like I relate to it an awful lot. thanks for posting it.,... its a great piece
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" by my estimation, I'm a drifter destination unknown "
 
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