Listening Effectively Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I got it...
The first time.
I got it...
The second time.
But it was after the third time,
Of understanding clearly...
What was said the first time,
I stopped listening...
To allow you to ramble on.

Hoping in the midst of you doing it...
Something in your mind would comprehend,
I am also participating in the conversation.
And doing the best I can,
To do that effectively.

'Oh...
So,
Why didn't you interrupt me...
To say that you understood? '

I tried.
But listening effectively,
Is not one of your attributes.