The Bench

The Bench

Here sits a man in a park
lost for the world,
he was trying to break down banalities.
Not knowing that 99% of our daily
conversations consist of trivialities,
Without this safety valve
people would be trying too hard to say
something sensible 
and end up alone in a park
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Rodrigues Avatar
March 7, 2018 at 5:46 AM
Nicely done!
Hansen Avatar
March 7, 2018 at 6:47 AM
thank you, Kim Rodriques
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