Eavesdrop

many old fashioned women listening at a door and a woman on the phone

Listen in to someone else’s conversation. It’s best if you don’t know them. Write down a few things that they’ve said and then imagine the life around them. What are they leaving unsaid? What is the thing they are most sad about? Write a poem where you say all the things they couldn’t. Make sure to include at least one line of what they actually said.

 

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