Sunday, March 12, 2023

rec·i·proc·i·ty ( the practice of exchangingthings with others for mutual benefit...)

 

Love the sound of that word,


reciprocity.


Has a certain ring to it,


Don’t you think?


A word which popped


into my head today


as I was contemplating


words I might say.


As memory serves me


reciprocity is a word


I have not used in my


poetry or dialogue


exchanges before.


The definition,


exchanging things


with others for


mutual benefit seems


apropos for many of life’s


situations I have known.


Apropos, now there’s


another word which catches


the ear, a word I do recall


using now and again, although


I can’t rightly say exactly when.


Who knows,


Perhaps in our exchanging


of ideas today, a reciprocity


would be apropos.


There, I’ve said it.


Now, the ball is in you court.


That’s an analogy.


I use those quite often


in my exchanges.




                   -30-


Chris Hanch 3-12-2023





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