why read fiction

one friend said he does not (like to)

read narrative fiction because of its disconnect

with reality, because fiction offers

no "lessons", or no real / useful things to be learned or applied.

i am not going to opine on this,

because the stance is pure,

mind-boggled daffiness. if this friend was serious about it, that is.

sometimes people

say things just to not say nothing, if you know what i mean.

i generally do not understand that.

i am fine with not talking.

but the compulsion to just say things happens with

such typical frequency that it is what it is.

besides on occasion taking

due notice, a contrived asymmetrical brow set or a long sidewise glance,

it is of small overall consequence.

maybe i am wrong.

then as well, this feels such a small matter

to feel too awful for being wrong about.