Do you know those conversations?

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the Conversations

… and the best thing 
would be to perform
One spoke as the two men sat
at the small table in the corner
amidst the clutter of dishes and voices
A single flower long-stemmed and fine
tipped to one side in the slender glass vase
And the waiters came and went 
in their judicious haste
Outside the air well into spring
the sky a high dove's egg
pale blue and speckled across the center
The wine rich and earthy
and their chairs on the uneven boards
the voices mixed and melting
into a kind of foliage
in the room reserved for the foreigners
The two men sat in their business suits
learning to wear their disguises
and how to place the cup to the side
And the one man said
he would be a performer
and the other thought he's too intense
It isn't played that way
It's an accident he thought
And the soufflés came
and the salt and peppers went around
And the fans turned slowly overhead
like the twisting prop of a dying airplane
So when did you come here?
It was long ago
I came here for love
Didn't you?
Oh yes, in a manner
yes, the other said
nodding his head
I just have to find a way to express it
These things happen incidentally, don't they?
Yes, that is, if you pursue them
And it's best to know people
who speak in a foreign language
You can understand them more clearly
when you don't know
what they are saying

Grannyjill · Accepted Answer

I am very impressed with this poem....I've been reading a lot of published  modern poetry lately and your work is as good if not better than a lot of what I've seen.

It is a fascinating piece....the words you use and the scene you create are both simple.....but there is great depth here.  I loved the 
....'voices mixed and melting
into a kind of foliage' and 'like the twisting prop of a dying airplane'

My only criticism....'the sky a high dove's egg'  the word 'high' doesn't seem right here...

This is a really intriquing verse, which doesn't attempt to dot all the i's and cross all the t's, and is all the greater for that.

ps - missed commenting on your amusing previous posting...different from your usual stuff, but just as good.

Anonymous · Answer

I like your poem and the conservations. Sorry but  for the first time  and only poem I could not understand until I read it twice! But other than it's a very nice poem! In fact it even sound just like a conversation! Now I need to read the dictionary more... Hope this helps anyway and keep up the good work! ;)

? · Answer

Sometimes it is amusing to puzzle out who the heck the opposite character is speakme approximately. You could have your possess little backstory on them, without reference to truth. Especially whilst you're vaguely paying attention to the dialog approximately Mary/John/Jack, alternatively of actively taking aspect. I come from a sexy gigantic household, so I'm used to these forms of circumstances. There's no approach I can maintain up on who everyone is aware of, and the way they recognize them.

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