Hour Twelve \u2013 Write about gathering with others. The specifics are up to you.<\/p>\n
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The Joy of Human Interaction<\/u><\/p>\n
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Lockdown \u2013 I thought I had been fine<\/p>\n
Complacent in a cosy home all mine<\/p>\n
Wandering all day from room to room<\/p>\n
Meeting friends and family on zoom<\/p>\n
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Then out into the world we burst<\/p>\n
When it was clear we were over the worst<\/p>\n
And at once we saw what we had missed.<\/p>\n
People. People. People. One item on that list.<\/p>\n
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Oh, the joy of inane chatter<\/p>\n
with strangers on streets, the heady patter.<\/p>\n
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It didn\u2019t matter what was said<\/p>\n
Communication then, was not dead.<\/p>\n
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Muffled through glass partitions and masks<\/p>\n
\u2018How would you like to pay?\u2019 she asks<\/p>\n
Oh, the unmistakable, unforgotten thrill<\/p>\n
to chit-chat with the girl at the till.<\/p>\n
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Words being exchanged, conversation made<\/p>\n
You walk on after, but the smile, it stayed<\/p>\n
This is what us humans need<\/p>\n
Our battery juice, on what we feed.<\/p>\n
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This Joy of Human Interaction<\/p>\n
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