Listening or being a good listener is often associated with being virtuous.
Yes, someone who is willing to put their own immediate thoughts aside to listen and assist
with the half crazed yammering of another's psycho babble.., that’s virtue. But what if it’s a
lack of fortitude that’s gotten you into this awful mess. Leaving you no alternative than to be sucked
into such an unwelcome reality. You could pretend; throw out a few well practiced
nods of reassurance and even possibly the occasional, "Is that right". Even if the truth of the matter is
your wondering if you turned off the coffee pot this morning or your considering how much longer
you should wait before rotating your tires. For the speaker I guess it's the same either way.
Venerated and virtuous are we.
We've listened to one another quite a bit, with and without virtue. In a noisy closet like space
we've come together and fallen apart. We've been supportive and confrontational, we've lived.
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