TALK

we walk,
we talk,
we laugh out loud.
we stop,
we wonder,
we whisper, we shout.

but once in a while,
a silence descends...
a silence unpremeditated!
an uncanny silence.
a silence unreasonable,
or a pregnant pretense-
perhaps alleged apathy
or even mere ignorance!
that gratifying sense of self-pity
of being the un-accommodated one;
or the irked, trapped sensibility
entreating earnest isolation.
a silence of question
a silence of thought
a silence to measure out
limits and worth
percolating our gestures-
the silence awaits.
a minute scrutiny of slippers
an evading gait...
a sudden honk
breaks the drilling drone!
the exasperation
has reached its brink!
if only a look, an accidental touch
if only a smile, or a wink.

we walk.
we baulk.
we reason, we shrink!
we ponder
we expect
a pitter-patter, a clink...