Empty Talk

I envy you
your quiet life
of which I am
no part

we speak in
roundabouts
where events
are always
so-so

an average sum
of which I know neither
your lows
nor
your joys

Small Talk

Empty pleasantries
Curl as smoke
In one ear and out the other

In Good Company

Small talk with friends
And small talk with strangers;
How different is the afterwards —
Truth and polite fiction