Well, aren't you clever?

Wouldn't it be something 
to have a conversation
that wasn't deafened by the sounds
of a brass choir
and guitar harmonics?

Could you talk to me 
about something - anything really - 
besides the thoughts of other people
or the words you haven't wrote?

Let's pretend for a second
that curiosity doesn't kill cats
and independent thoughts
have not fallen by the wayside.