Shut up,
please. You know not who I am,
acquaintance
at most so don’t call me a friend.
You speak what
you say and I hear what you want,
but one-sided
speech isn’t conversational thought.
If I interrupt
kindly, a bruiting displeasure,
a negative
smirk or walk off at your leisure.
For listening
isn’t a sport you know of,
not a ball or
a bat, just a mind not to judge.
So hear me
this once and please listen clearly,
to stand by my
side you must interchange evenly.