Asinine phrases spill out My speech banal and my audience bored All of the attention and glamor I fail to hoard “Does anyone care what I have to say?” Yet they had listened with attentive ears When a fellow partygoer had to interject Saying I had a detail incorrect, no disrespect “Doesn’t anyone believe me!” My articulation had stayed its welcome And yet kept spilling out at full blast It seemed time to pull my head from my ass Why don’t I listen to anyone? Introspection is good, ego a bit worse But I must get out of my own head And listen to others’ adventures they lead How do I show that I’m attentively listening?