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I really want to listen

to what you have to say.

I could listen to you all night long

would spend an eternity

hearing your tales

taking in your meter

flexing to your rhythm.

I wish I could stay

as you relay

all that you want to say.

But

I cannot.

I just can't listen to you

for more than moments

at a time.

I can't focus on your words

your phrases

your thoughts.

It takes me mere instants

to fly off-track

noticing your lips

your sparkling eyes

or the cross of your legs.

I lose attention

and look to other things

or hear only the muses sing

while you speak.

I want to listen to you

but I just get distracted.

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