I Am Bored With Chit-Chat

Like a target, you zero in on me
And begin your chit-chatting… 

But I don’t care if you took some test, 
Or how many times you had to guess.
Or where your faceless friends were sitting, 
Or if you wore your lucky ribbon.

Let’s talk about something “real,” 
Something deep, something you feel.
I don’t care if it’s going to rain; 
The weather channel will tell me the same.

Don’t you care about
Victims of the tsunami? 
Isn’t the state of the world 
Alarming?

Don’t you care that your husband’s 
Cheating on you? 
With your neighbor no less, 
Marylou?

“Oh,” you say, “but her hair is so cool.” 
 Right, I nod, and begin to drool…


4/28/11

Under the influence of anger and sickness - sick of her shallow, petty concerns and angry at having to listen to them!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011


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Date: 6/20/2013 9:45:00 PM
Excellent win for an excellent entry, my friend!!! congratulations.
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Date: 6/19/2013 9:28:00 PM
Congrats ....Seren
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Date: 6/19/2013 7:06:00 PM
I am not a creature who loves small talk just for the sake of chatting. So I hear you, Susan!!
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Date: 3/10/2013 11:03:00 AM
Good morning, SUSAN ;-) Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. Have yourself a nice and sweet Sunday. ~Always & Forever *LINDA
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Date: 3/8/2013 4:48:00 PM
Have just read this in the featured poems, very cool, and so cutting lol Regards Richard
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Date: 6/7/2011 7:05:00 PM
This is wonderful. Susan, and so very true, people can be so self centered at times, not seeing the tragedy in the world, congratulations on your win in that contest, well deserved~~
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Date: 5/23/2011 10:46:00 PM
I remember this one. I love its sarcastic wit. Congrats on your win. Should have been higher on the list!
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Date: 5/16/2011 11:20:00 AM
Congratulations Susan on your win in Linda-Marie's contest. Love,Carol
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Date: 5/14/2011 4:21:00 AM
Susan- Sick of idle chit chat also. Great entry for the contest and it seems that you are much more sensitive and caring than those in your environment...congrats on this rhyme full of meaning. Gwendolen
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Date: 5/13/2011 11:18:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. Like how this poem reads
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Date: 5/13/2011 2:40:00 AM
Many Congrats Susan on big win in Linda's contest with this beautiful depiction of emotions in verse. Luv & best wishes - Hitendra Mehta
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Date: 5/12/2011 4:30:00 PM
Great to see your success Susan, with this worthy poem's winner circle presentation. Agape, Moses
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Date: 5/12/2011 12:33:00 PM
Many congrats on your win, Susan : )
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Date: 5/12/2011 10:02:00 AM
The message really hit home for me, Susan. Congratulations on your win, Love, Carolyn
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Date: 5/12/2011 7:15:00 AM
Congratulations on the win in the contest of Linda, Susan
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Date: 5/11/2011 8:36:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Sue. Nice going. Ralph
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Date: 5/11/2011 7:10:00 PM
Congrats Susan on your success in my contest with this entertaining entry luv.. thankxx for supporting my contest ...
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Date: 5/9/2011 11:18:00 PM
hahaha, that last part so funny. GOOD one!! Nice seeing you today here. LUv, Andrea
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Date: 5/1/2011 8:55:00 AM
Creative and meaningful write, susan
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Date: 5/1/2011 8:29:00 AM
Fine poem Susan, love the meaning behind it. Have a lovely Sunday....:)
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Date: 4/29/2011 8:31:00 AM
so as i am going to write next, your last two days poems are you, with a dash of me thrown in to make it spicey....NEED I SAY MORE? I want to sustain myself on your words, not food. i wrote u a whole long soupmail why i want my stuph to be as perfect as it can get, and for that i need someone whose poetry i relate to on an exponential level....LOOK GIRL, i sent that mail to the wrong person, so are you maybe by any chance a poet/life coach? yours fondly and in friendship, ~free!~
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Date: 4/29/2011 8:23:00 AM
LOOK DUDE! yesterday's poem, which has a Martian word for a title was simply YOU.need i say more? today Chit Chat I had that sentiment exactly on 1 of the 3 poetry rooms profiles i got kicked out of i wrote u a whole bunch of reasons why i'd wasn't kidding about looking them over first. you picked out a missing word today.see, isn't that enough to help a mentally deranged poet write me if you want at freepoetry@att.net so i have more words.like pls do this for me ever fondly free
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Date: 4/29/2011 1:17:00 AM
Yes, this really is both sad and funny, Susan. Some people just love to listen to their own voices and babble on about meaningless trivia. If her husband's cheating with the neighbor, you'd think that's what she'd need to discuss with a friend. Great entry for the contest and I wish ou success! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 4/29/2011 1:10:00 AM
Funny and kind of sad at the same time. An excellent piece of satirical writing! Thanks for your visit and kind words. Robert.
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Date: 4/28/2011 6:28:00 PM
Susan, funny...and a Xool entry. Good luck..Enjoyed your poem:-) take care..p.d.
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