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The Listener

...a phone visit with old friend:

Listen did I   as he filled me   in
on all the   current   doings
   of his life.

Then,
as a pause   slid-slid-slipped 
   into his monologue,
I said,
I have to move away.

Blink.
Blink.
And   his narration continued,
...you know,
I thought
   I'd explore Naples   after Rome.

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