Why We Are Broken.

You are talking
at me.
I am trying to listen.
When you speak
around me
I do not hear.
You do not care.
I know this;
I know
that though
you may not
necessarily
delight in my understanding
You take full pleasure
in my ears giving credence
to the excrement of your lips.
Your eyes do not see
that though
my face suggests
an attentive disposition
it is a ploy.
This is the dilemma
of the speaker and the spoken
and that is why.