Fluent in Unspoken

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I am not, but if I had wishes
from a lamp dwelling djinn,
you bet I would pick this!

Actually, I would go up the food chain
one more time, and pick
having a different brain,
but for now let us pretend
I just have the bilingual nature!

When that colleague came into
the office, and said
“Would be nice to be able
to figure out the settings on my laptop,”
that was an IT request!

When I was sat
next to my dual combo fan heater,
and a colleague said
“Wow, it sure is cold in here,”
they were asking me to switch it on!

When I was eating some christmas biscuits
and a colleague said
“Those look tasty,”
I should have said “Would you like one?”
not “They are!” and continued to eat them all
as it was a pleading asking for one!

When I was working on a task
and a teacher said
“Do you want to help out Sam?”
and I looked up
and said “No.”
This was the wrongest wrong,
and my desires were never a part
of the equation.

Ahh, these ‘requestions’ that are
being sent my way are addressed
to the wrong person! I will not get these
until after the fact,
when I am staring at frustrated faces
and I put two and nine together
ending up with seven.