I did not respond to your email,
text,
call,
question.
I got it. I think.
Because why else would I remember this?
Anyway, I'll have to get back to you.
--
I wasn't listening when
you were talking.
I heard you but
I was also on my phone.
Thinking about
someone else,
somewhere else.
I was in another
time and place.
--
I was talking when
you were talking
to me.
How can I listen
when I'm talking --
I mean really listen --
to you?
I can't.