Hey, marathon point makers, read the room.
Look in rapt eyes & see their answer bloom.
Maybe take a slow breath or count to five.
Leave some runway where responses do thrive.
Some empty dead air is nothing to fear.
Your listener’s considering your words here.
Neither whisper, nor mumble in your turn.
Who you feel hears you well, watch & learn.
For, conversation’s a two person sport…
It’s call & response where ideas consort.
L.B.Stowe 