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   "In an effort to get people to look
   into each other’s eyes more,
   and also to appease the mutes,
   the government has decided
   to allot each person exactly one hundred
   and sixty-seven words, per day.
   
   When the phone rings, I put it to my ear
   without saying hello. In the restaurant
   I point at chicken noodle soup.
   I am adjusting well to the new way.
   
   Late at night, I call my long-distance lover,
   proudly say I only used fifty-nine today.
   I saved the rest for you.
   
   When she doesn’t respond,
   I know she’s used up all her words,
   so I slowly whisper I love you
   thirty-two and a third times.
   After that, we just sit on the line
   and listen to each other breathe."

   Jeffrey McDaniel, “The Quiet World” (Forgiveness Parade, Manic D Press, 1998)

   (Source: gammasandgerunds, via leopoldgursky)

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