Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted October 28, 2024 Chapters: 3 4 -5- 6... 


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Talking to Myself

by gansach

It starts with a little mutter,
 
an expletive undeleted,
 
an under-the-breath comment.
 
Words begin to rattle around my mouth like pinballs caroming,
 
seeking the exit through clenched teeth.
 
Snowballing, they pour forth like pearls on a string,
 
popping free to scatter on the wind.
 
Random remarks rollerball into grand soliloquies;
 
catchphrases charge into clattering commentaries;
 
conversations in which I provide both sides
 
evolve into editorials.
 
Words, non-stop,
 
willy-nilly,
 
helter-skelter,
 
coalesce into a floodtide of
 
oscillating opinion,
 
rampant rhetoric,
 
spittle-flecked speechifying
 
spurting forth to wash through the silence of my surroundings
 
and subside to find me standing, ankle-deep,
 
in awe and echoes . . . 
 
talking to myself.
 

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I've made many a great speech, rant, diatribe, oration--when no one's there to hear me.
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