I look
but do not say a word
as I evaluate every possible
response you could say.

Then, unfortunately
I prepare a response
for all of your possible reactions
so I am covered and ready
to be clever and witty,
which then creates
a structured set of comebacks
which only gets lost
in the now unlimited responses
you could further reply to.

I am a writer,
cursed
with too much imagination
and so I look,
but do not say a word.
... I am a writer....