Conversations
Two haggard men
Bent backs and stubbled chins
Shuffle down the sidewalk
Intent in conversation
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And I wonder
What are they talking about?
How cold it was sleeping outside last night?
How good that coffee was at the free coffee stand they just passed?
How they are tired of the rain?
A cough or aching joints?
.
Two preteen girls
One swaying with her right arm around the branch of a full-bloom cherry tree
Far from the others on the playground
Giggling as they converse
.
And I wonder
What are they chatting about
The latest phone app?
Their math homework assignment?
The cute boy over there?
The kid who eats lunch alone and picks fights?
.
Two men at a cafe table
Dressed in business casual
Hair neatly trimmed as they dine on fresh fish
Speaking loudly as one monologues about Work and stress and traffic and commuting
Then family and faith and procuring an analyst for an open position.
Selling a house and amused the owner of the new house wanted to keep the bird bath
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And I wonder
What’s the other guy thinking?
The stock market has been good?
Business has been booming?
New grand baby on the way?
Or maybe awaiting the results of a medical test he had done yesterday?
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So many conversations
Surround us all
.
Happy news
Complaints
Worries
Frustrations
Thankfulness
Commiserations
.
Tune in
Listen
Share a burden
Rejoice with success
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Life is all the same no matter the conversation
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Life is hard and good and unpredictable and beautiful
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