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Lu Han has never really been good with words, but I guess that's alright since he's only allowed 167 a day.

Sehun loves to talk. A little too much in fact and unforunately for Sehun, he too is ordered to follow the daily word limit.

 

Foreword

In an effort to get people to look
into each other’s eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot each person exactly one hundred   
and sixty-seven words, per day.

When the phone rings, I put it to my ear   
without saying hello. In the restaurant   
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.

Late at night, I call my long distance lover,   
proudly say I only used fifty-nine today.   
I saved the rest for you.

When she doesn’t respond,
I know she’s used up all her words,   
so I slowly whisper I love you
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line   
and listen to each other breathe.

 

Jeffrey McDaniel, “The Quiet World” from The Forgiveness Parade. Copyright © 1998 by Jeffrey McDaniel.

©ONEWLUHAN

poster by me (Onewluhan). Yep, it's pretty crappy I know.

 

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