Thought Full

                                            Brenda Bryant

MONOCHROME WEEKEND

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THOUGHT FULL!

I can see them..... little thoughts,

Starting-points, but no retorts!
Sharp internal conversations;
Private ones! No reservations.
Everything they'd love to say
Did polite convention not hold sway.

Forget the words that you may hear,

If you chance to wander near.

Forget the pleasantries and smiles

And different conversation styles.

Forget the jovial bonhomie,

The forced familiarity.

Forget the laughter echoing round

With such a very jolly sound.

Concentrate, instead, on thoughts,

 Those potent things no-one reports.

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'I'm sure she wore that dress last year.'

'I cannot stand the stench of beer!'

'I see she's getting laughter lines!'

'Bert is dressed-up to the nines.'

'I hope no-one sees my bra-strap showing'

'The whiskers in his ears keep growing!'
'Oh, for a snooze in my arm-chair!'
Fred and Sue! What a ghastly pair!'

'Bertie's son has been imprisoned!'

'Margie's looking really wizened!'

'I think Arthur fancies me!'

'Polly's such a misery!'

*

Sometimes I feel I see them there,

Thoughts, just floating in mid-air!

*

An historical perspective here:

http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2008/12/225-mind-reading.html