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The Effects of Reading Between the Lines by Elaine Simon
It's difficult to notice the lines,
Since we read between them instead.
I suppose somehow in our minds,
We're reading words that aren't meant to be read.
Now this may sound absurd,
But the words that were not said—
We did not see, yet we heard—
Somehow stay inside our head.
We ponder, and we ponder; therefore,
The words soon become a tease.
Each time the mind plays an encore,
It craves to be at ease.
Had the words actually been spoken,
Then they could possibly be erased.
So then the torment is a token
Of how our peace has been displaced.