You walk past people talking on the phone
Though often they are silent
Apparently listening

But when they speak
It seems a foreign language
As sometimes no doubt it is

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Won’t somebody tell me of what she speaks
Walking and talking
Animated by interest

Some joy or triumph
A favorite person or show
Family or friend or commercial blockbuster

Or is it crisis and conflict
Irreparable loss
Or the injustice of undeserved injury