People, we need to talk

Penny – Ollie, we need to talk.

Ollie – Oh, ok, is something wrong?

Penny – No, I’m just saying, we are friends and friends should talk.

Ollie – Shoot.

Penny – Except, I don’t want to just talk, I want to really talk.

Ollie – Cool.

Penny – I want us to talk in lines of poetry.

Ollie – So, you don’t want to talk, you want us to write a Shakespearean play in real time.

Penny – Whatever, let me show you what I mean. I say: “We need to talk” and you say?

Ollie – Oh, ok, is something wrong?

Penny – No, that’s prose, when you speak in poetry every phrase has to pop.

Ollie – But not all my phrases pop. Sometimes they sizzle and some even fizzle.

Penny – There, you did it, that popped.

Ollie – Because it rhymed?

Penny – No, because it evoked the senses, made me think fresh thoughts, delighted my mind with good comparison, it popped.

Ollie – Ok, we can try it and see what happens.

Penny – So, here goes again: Ollie, we need to talk.

Ollie – How ‘bout I take that line and you take the second line, 'cause I can’t figure out how to make the next line pop.

Penny – Fair enough.

Ollie – Penny, we need to talk.

Penny – Fine, as long as we don’t rule out screaming.

Ollie – Or scheming?

Penny – Or rhyming

Ollie – Or just chiming.

Penny – Or miming.

Ollie – Sorry, but mimes don’t talk.

Penny – Oh, but they would if they could.

Ollie – Is that why they look so sad?

Penny – Yes, they have the weight of the world on their moves.

Ollie – So, talking is the lazy man’s mime?

Penny – Or woman.

Ollie – I am enjoying this, so far.

Penny – And that’s the main point, the pursuit of happiness can get pretty complicated without someone to talk to.

Ollie – Penny, we need to talk.

Penny – We’ve been over that.

Ollie – No, I mean, people need to talk.

Penny – Now that pops.