Talk Is Cheap



The cost of dialogue
takes a circumlocution.
Consequently talk is cheap
ingrained in noise pollution.

The cost of dialogue
takes an economic stand.
Consequently talk is cheap
based on supply and demand.

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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 195
Words 32
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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