By Jane Rain
Date: 2004 Aug 17
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Long-Distance Fees

spiteful words are read, heard and exchanged
thoughts of uncertainty and malevolence are mutual
we successfully ascertain fresh ways to mar one another
such is our daily ritual
arguments persist
old problems arise
these prolonged silences we endure
this bitterness we face
how can we expect to stay together
when we're already falling apart