– To be honest, these days I feel small. Deflated.
– You know you can tell me anything.
– I just told you I feel small and deflated.
– Sorry. My hearing doesn’t seem to be as good as it used to be.
– I feel small and deflated and nobody seems to listen to what I have to say.
– I hear a bird singing, or is it a distant train?
– Perhaps I should write you a note.
– Did you know there’s an app you can get that listens to a birdsong and tells you what bird it is?
– You’re not listening to me.
– Sorry. My eyesight doesn’t seem to be as good as it used to be.
– A carnival just rolled by and didn’t stop to speak. Do you
think I’ve gone missing?
– I hear you but I don’t see you.
– I think I’m over here.
– What I meant to say was, What?
– Sometimes it’s as if I’m standing in my own shadow.
– I have absolutely no idea what that means.
– It’s as if I don’t exist.
– We all have our problems.
– Sometimes I think I see voices.
– I say again, What?
– Hello?
Martin Stannard
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