<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=417423" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Quiet World</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In an effort to get people to look<br>into each other's eyes more, <br>and also to appease the mutes, <br>the government has decided<br>to allot each person exactly one hundred<br>and sixty-seven words, per day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the phone rings, I put it to my ear<br>without saying hello. In the restaurant<br>I point at chicken noodle soup.<br>I am adjusting well to the new way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Late at night, I call my long distance lover, <br>proudly say I only used fifty-nine today.<br>I saved the rest for you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When she doesn't respond, <br>I know she's used up all her words, <br>so I slowly whisper I love you<br>thirty-two and a third times.<br>After that, we just sit on the line<br>and listen to each other breathe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jeffrey+McDaniel">Jeffrey McDaniel</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=417423" data-title="The Quiet World de Jeffrey McDaniel" data-description="In an effort to get people to look into each other's eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without ..."></div> </div> </div>

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