Conversation Games

A short poem

There are times when fantasy is more real than truth
When the hollow interior of appearances disappears in facsimile
Like a movie set, it plays a role
To suspend the viewer’s disbelief.
In that moment,
When things are commonly agreed to,
And etiquette dictates assuasion
And content is not anchored in context, but rather countenance,
What we communicate
Underneath the spoken words
Is the bare sentiment of our innermost desire.