a word spoken
            a word
                                    for the mere thrill of words
            sounds vivified by meaning
                                                            as things that take flesh
            collide
                        in the drama of two lives
                                                unfolding
                                                            opening
                                    ***
the game                      of thoughts and ideas
            communication for the sake
                        of saying
the whimsical nature of friendship
devout
            important
                        of great worth              and
                                                                        yet kind of like beauty
in that it is utterly superfluous             not strictly necessary
at least according to a reality based on cold production
it seems like a scandal, this excess of sentiment
produces nothing, goes nowhere
or rather, when it is at its best,
                        completely absorbed in the moment
forsaking the work of the future
for the free exchange
of heart speak-
ing
to heart.