The Quiet World

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 I 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

Hope this helps

It has come to my attention that some do not know the correct use of the term "fundamental". So with courtesy of Dictionary.com, I have provided a definition below:

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–adjective

1.	serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.

2.	of, pertaining to, or affecting the foundation or basis: a fundamental revision.

3.	being an original or primary source: a fundamental idea.

4.	Music. (of a chord) having its root as its lowest note.

–noun

5.	a basic principle, rule, law, or the like, that serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part: to master the fundamentals of a trade.

6.	Also called fundamental note, fundamental tone. Music. a. the root of a chord. b. the generator of a series of harmonics.

7.	Physics. the component of lowest frequency in a composite wave.

I hate the radio

I know, I know. You try putting up a show, going to school full time and blogging. Yeah, not so easy.

That's really a lame excuse. The main reason why I haven't posted, and a current predicament of mine is that words fail me. They fail me. I get so frustrated with them. They do not express what I am feeling most of the time. I have put my trusty notebook aside for the time being and I am focusing more on other's words, because obviously men like Merton and Fromm still know how to use them effectively. I feel a little defeated by my language.

"In the act of creation man transcends himself as a creature, raises himself beyond the passivity and accidentalness of his existence into the realm of purposefulness and freedom"

- Erich Fromm