Small Talk
Or True Connection
Good morning, how are you?
OMG don't answer that, unless you're fine and well,
The question wouldn't have been asked
If they seriously thought you'd tell.
Small Talk!!!
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As you walk into the doctors reception
You'll be asked, "How are you today?"
Hello.........You're at a doctors surgery
Seriously, what do they want you to say?
Small Talk!!!
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Small Talk is one of those social pleasantries
That is inherently unpleasant,
An introverts kryptonite
Society needs to make obsolescent!!!
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Small Talk creates boundaries between people
It flees from depth and meaning,
Personal questions are inappropriate
And any emotion un-seeming!!!
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Small Talk allows two people
To hold an entire conversation,
Without the need to get to know one another
And authenticity dies in relation!!!
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Small Talk is meant to be light and fun
Except the conversation is flat and boring,
Its predictable exchange with predictable results
Quite frankly is worth ignoring!!!
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For those of us that hate small talk
We hope to collide with that one brave soul,
Who asks the inappropriate questions
And laughs outside of society's control.
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That person who is unapologetically authentic
Where beyond the barrier of superficial chatter,
They crave depth over shallowness
And we find the true connection that matters.
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Small talk is definitely an introverts kryptonite