She Said You Never Talk To Me

They hadn't seen each other all day
They sat together
Started to talk
To share each other's day
He started to talk about something he'd like to do
She said that she doubted he would do it
He recalled the times in the past when he had
She remarked they were fewer and far between
He thought about it
He stated he thought that wasn't true

He said he counted 5 times
That he had
She says She remembers 3 times
He gave examples of the 5
She said you like to exaggerate everything
With that
He said it was at least 7 times
She said let's call it 4 and drop it
It seemed on every sentence
She was doubtful
Correcting
He was trying to talk about his feelings
The numbers were meaningless
He fell silent
She said you never talk to me


-Paul Richmond
From "...Ready or Not - Living in the Break Down Lane"