Chit-chat can be okay I guess if you don't have time to say or think. But I hate it. Such a waste - of time, of opportunities and of relationships.
I want to talk serious about important things - like happiness and pain, rather than waffle on politely about prices and politics. I want to make contact, I want to understand how others tick, I want to let them know what is ripping my guts out. And I want to talk light and chirpy, to make fun of the ordinary, to liven up the deadly, and to spread laughter. Light or serious but not mediocre and so unalive...
© Farmer 26 January 1996