Some people talk.
Some people listen.

The talker thinks out loud
Her inner monologue
becomes an outer monologue,
The gears of her mind slowly
Turn
Turn
Then quickly form her conclusion.
Eyebrows
And point raised.
she exhales.
Release.

Simultaneously,
the listener listens.
He observes her facial movements; the outer reverberation of
the inner
seismic
wave
of
mental
energy….
Caused by a collision and creation
of a new idea that is now his as much as it is hers.

Ideas are born,
shared,
forgotten.

Stories unfold,
Are told,
Forgotten.

All the while,
the seismic process continues.

She talks,
He listens.
And together, they learn.