Word for Word

One from last night's Poets with Parkinson's open mic

Word for word

You speak and I don’t hear you,

then I say what you said.

I just said that, you say.

Did you, I say, I didn’t hear.

We stand watching the traffic flow and

you speak and I don’t hear you,

Then I say what you said,

and we wait for the green light.

I just said that, you say.

We watch the buses and taxis go by

while we wait for the green light and

you speak and I don’t hear you.

And I say what I say

and you don’t hear me.

And then, you say what I said.

I just said that, I say.

Did you, I didn’t hear you, you say.

And we stand by the roadside waiting for the green light

and we say what we say,

word for word.