Just a sec <br />What you said <br />“Not alive but less than dead” <br />And then that next bit <br />What was that? <br /> <br />“Huh? ” she said <br /> <br />The words <br />There was poetry in that <br /> <br />“Oh... umm, I dunno <br />My memory deals with concepts <br />Not with words” <br /> <br />Not the concept <br />That was crass <br />The words are where it’s at <br /> <br />“Its gone” she said <br /> <br />Ah rats <br /> <br />“Ha I was only playin with your head <br />I carry around a couple of gems <br />And dropp one every now and then <br />Just to hear you gasp like that <br />You’re priceless”<br /><br />David S Dennis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/89-a-fragment-of-conversation/
