a good listener

you don't want to interrupt
so you hold onto
your thoughts
and let her ramble.
you put her on speaker
phone
while you fold laundry,
you make dinner.
you do some push ups.
then you go back
to the phone and say
ah ha. yup.
you clean out the refrigerator,
mop the floor.
you go outside for
awhile to mow the lawn,
then come back in
to take a chicken out
of the oven,
you go to the phone
on the table
and say, you are so right.
after an hour or two
of this, she says she has
to go, she has things to do,
but she enjoys talking
to you. you are such a good
listener.