I hate when someone says to
me,
"In other words, what you're saying is..."
What I'm saying is just what I said.
What part did you not understand?
Was I not clear?
Did you not hear?
...My words not make it to your ear?
Or were you just distracted by
The simple gestures of my hands?
People hear what they want to hear...
What suits their purpose at the time,
And though your words may be crystal clear,
The buzzer stuck inside their head
Distorts and blocks, manipulates
And turns around your meaning 'til
It suits a purpose quite unlike
What you originally had said.
And so you hear," In other words..."
And you just want to scream and shout,
Or worse, to take them by the neck and
Squeeze until their lights are out.
Lulu Storefront: http://www.lulu.com/dsmartin
"In other words, what you're saying is..."
What I'm saying is just what I said.
What part did you not understand?
Was I not clear?
Did you not hear?
...My words not make it to your ear?
Or were you just distracted by
The simple gestures of my hands?
People hear what they want to hear...
What suits their purpose at the time,
And though your words may be crystal clear,
The buzzer stuck inside their head
Distorts and blocks, manipulates
And turns around your meaning 'til
It suits a purpose quite unlike
What you originally had said.
And so you hear," In other words..."
And you just want to scream and shout,
Or worse, to take them by the neck and
Squeeze until their lights are out.
Lulu Storefront: http://www.lulu.com/dsmartin
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