I've read your lips;
Studied your body language.
We're alike.
ESP is way over-rated.
I don't want to know your thoughts,
Nor you mine.
Francis I has nasty thoughts,
As does the Dala Lama.
We are envious, jealous, and discouraged.
We would occupy a lonely world
If our private thoughts were known,
Our actions exposed
When we're alone.
That's the operative word,
Alone.
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