A good question

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For a listener,

A good question

1st

Needs to demonstrate

Having heard something,

But not

Get lost

In that detail.

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This happens to me.

I get lost in the detail

And I miss

What you

Are telling me.

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So

A question

Needs to be prepared

And forgotten

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And I

Need to be ready

For the answer.

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I need to think

Carefully

About what you’ve already said,

Put everything else out of my head,

And decide only what

I

Want to know

About you,

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Or what you

Can teach me.