You're Not That Much Older Than I Am

There is nothing like 'knowing',
Than to listen to those with no experience...
Frequently giving their opinion,
On topics without any sign that indicates...
A remote understanding of what it takes,
To sit, absorb and not utter a single word.

'I know exactly what you are talking about.'

~Even though that happened to me,
Ten years 'before' you were born? ~

'You're not that much older than I am.
And besides...
I am not reading into this,
Like the emails I get...
That can be easily misinterpreted.'

~What? ~

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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