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Awry

In another life
which feels like it was before
sliced bread came to be
but that can't be true
I'm not that old,
however, it feels that way,
and so, as I was saying,
It was then that I discovered
the involuntary art of 
arguing with myself
while trying to make a point
in an argument with 
someone else,
which on some occasions 
led to much laughter,
but on others
created frustration or 
even denial midst the 
confusion, the lack of clarity
that I found difficult to navigate,
suffice to say -
I'd like to think I'm wiser now
but who knows 
I'm not my best judge,
and, I confess, 
this is not what I'd intended
to talk about,
I was trying to find a way to say 
how easy it is for conversations
to go awry and you can start 
with a clear intention
only to find you've landed
on some other shore
surrounded by hostile locals.

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