Gray Squirrel Poet Free verse

Empathy Distrust

The Trouble With
 'Reading Your Minds'
   Is That You're All 
     Suffering Needlessly...

     Suffering Needlessly
      ****Obligatorily****

And Won’t Admit
 You Won’t Take 'NO!'
   For An Answer.

   But, What Do I Know?

I Can't 'Read Your Minds'
  Not Really, You Know...
    The Way You Want.

        *No Thanks.*

    What Cruel Sympathy 
  Selfishness Is This Then?

       To Not Share In
   Suffering Needlessly?

               *******

      It's Not Really That
   Kind Of Commitment:

   ***Communication.***

-Gray Squirrel

04-25-2026

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Gray Squirrel April 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM Do I See A Double Negative? Like A Squirrel?