{"sf1_id":714902,"sf2_id":"4nAMNVbn","title":"Conversation","author":"Arcane Reno","words":134,"posted_at":"2014-06-07T07:41:00.000Z","tags":["Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/714902-conversation","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/4nAMNVbn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/c3/80/c380221f-7975-4335-9a14-a2f4a970480a","description":"#5 of Poems\n\nA short little piece I wrote, thinking on the idea of communication and such. Hope you like it. ^^","content":"Conversation\n\n  \n\nI'd like to read my words aloud to you.\n\nPut aside the things we always do.\n\nHeart to heart, tête a tête, breath of lungs and vibrating molecules.\n\nSpeech thinks like a noun and acts like a verb.\n\nConversation requires talk and understanding.\n\nCell phones fashion fences, guarded by text messages.\n\nCommunication tools now a barricade against the world.\n\nCan't I talk? Won't you listen?\n\nA connection wired with words requires at least two.\n\nThere is so much I want to relate to you.\n\nWithout an attentive ear it's just words words words.\n\nIs the answer to 'how are you' truly heard?\n\nEmpty promises atop a meaningless platitude.\n\nRote response and cliché phrase.\n\nDo my words have meaning?\n\nAm I talking to the ceiling?\n\nMaybe I should stop.\n\nYou talk.\n\nI'll listen. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/683708-spacial-cliche.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/739350-empty-train-car.json"}}