The Listener

[Malu]

I'm perched
While you babble
Silent I remain
Trying to be stoic
Enduring a deluge of words
I gasp for breath

Endless stories
Lacking interest
So much extraneousness
I'm still perched

Ask for a bed
Get a mansion
Ask for water
Get an ocean
Ask for clothes
Get a mall

Why is this so difficult?
Maybe I'm just missing something
Get to the damn point

Some are given an inch
And take a mile
I gave you a dollar
And barely got my two cents back
Forget the bush
You're beating around the damn forest

Still perched
In this cage
With an open door
And the key in my hand
While you prate

I cope
Why?
Because of the tripwire
At my cages door
That would cause your demise

Silence is a much greater torture

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I am well aware of the fact that there are cliches in this poem, but this was for fun and I don't share the common hatred towards them. So please just don't say something we both know, wasting both of our time.

[billy]

damn damn damn

i enjoyed

I gave you a dollar
And barely got my two cents back

though i was surprised that there are two cents in a dollar

[Malu]

damn damn damn

i enjoyed

I gave you a dollar
And barely got my two cents back

though i was surprised that there are two cents in a dollar

Yeah I know it sounded like that haha, but my meaning behind it was I gave them a dollar, and they talked so much more than any word I could get in. Almost like a percentage, 98% of the conversation was them talking and all I was able to manage was 2% my "two cents" which played on that cliche of opinion of course haha. Glad you enjoyed it!

[Erthona]

Seems kind of wordy.


Dale

[Jim Steele]

Usually people rally against clichès, but somehow they seemed appropriate here. I liked it. Only thing I really noticed was, as Billy pointed out, the dam/damn thing. Thanks for sharing!

[Malu]

Seems kind of wordy.


Dale

Thanks for the feedback

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Usually people rally against clichès, but somehow they seemed appropriate here. I liked it. Only thing I really noticed was, as Bully pointed out, the dam/damn thing. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it

[Jim Steele]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it

Any time. And now that I'm here, I'd like to point out that "bully" was a typo - I meant to say "Billy" and am not attempting to make any comments about him, bully or otherwise.

[Malu]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it

Any time. And now that I'm here, I'd like to point out that "bully" was a typo - I meant to say "Billy" and am not attempting to make any comments about him, bully or otherwise.

Haha I figured as much, you can edit that reply though