Taken With Myself

Taken With Myself David J Walker It has come to my attention That all too often I have Taken to Talking to myself Out loud So I’ve taken to wearing Ear Buds As a plausible cause I’ve taken to faking conversation With a totally unknown but convincing Party to whom I am assumed speaking I’ve taken to laughing at cleaver phrasing That only I am thinking never saying A single word for anyone else to hear I’ve taken to dangling sentences never finished As if in an argument that can’t be won I’ve taken to smiling and MmmmmHmmming in Agreement as I’m shopping for whatever I can find In the frozen food aisle I’ve taken to grand gesturing as if I was Italian Using my hands to accent every word spoken While driving the tollway alone I’ve taken to ending with Love You Too In the presence of young women who might wonder if there is something more to what they are seeing pushing a small cart of Diet Coke & Ding Dongs around the store