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Recorded Reading (0:46): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r8zcjh16v94swe2k2bx4x/A-Modern-Conversation.mp3?rlkey=m8d6v0mr681r2f3eowi2jox9d&dl=0

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A Modern Conversation

I don’t say what makes me glad
You don’t say what makes you sad
Neither of us speaks out loud
Anything which makes us proud

Bring our minds and hearts together?
Rather talk about the weather!
Heaven forefend we begin
To share something genuine

Neither one will suffer spasm
Of vulgar enthusiasm ~
Better credited we be
With excessive humility

Better we agree to wallow
In th’inconsequential shallow
Preparing from the very start
Defensively to part

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