Talk poem

I talk and you talk and we talk

I assume, you assume, we assume,

We don’t talk around each other.

We don’t talk through each other.

We try to talk to each other

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I try to be silent, to protect you.

You try to be silent to protect me.

Our silence only hurts each other.

Our silence only hurts ourselves.

I do not want to hurt you.

You do not want to hurt me.

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your jokes and play

sometimes hurt me.

My play and jokes

sometimes hurt you.

I talk, you talk, we talk

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Our communication is

Better than it was.

I talk, you talk.

We talk