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Message started by blink on Jan 22nd, 2008 at 4:06pm

Title: The Quiet World
Post by blink on Jan 22nd, 2008 at 4:06pm
The Quiet World

In an effort to get people to look
into each other's eyes more,
the government has decided to allot
each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.

When the phone rings, I put it
to my ear without saying hello.
In the restaurant I point
at chicken noodle soup. I am
adjusting well to the new way.

Late at night, I call my long
distance lover and proudly say
I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you.

When she doesn't respond, I know
she's used up all her words
so I slowly whisper I love you,
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.

       -- Jeffrey McDaniel
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Have you ever done it? Just because it felt so good, to be together, you just listened?

I enjoyed reading this today, so I wanted to share it with you here.

love, blink :)

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