CONVERSATION

It can be like a pond

you fill with lilies.

With goldfish –

white, orange, and black.

Let them bump

against your fingers.

Let them let you hold them.

Put bubbles in their mouths.

Watch them rise to the surface

chasing the rain you’ve made.

Watch them go into a frenzy

trying to feed on the droplets –

until you put an end

to their confusion

by sprinkling their little

food flakes on the water.

This is when you feel it:

how good it feels

to make conversation

free of complication.

It can be this simple.

This natural.

A complete world

all by itself.

Like a pond with goldfish

on a rainy autumn day.