I try to talk too much. I always did.
I started shortly after learning speech.
Conversing more than any other kid
in family or school, like I would teach
by my example how to self-express,
each interaction was an interview.
My talk encouraged others to confess
their own, while I rehearsed and practiced too.

I asked my grandsons, “Do I talk too much?”
The oldest laughed; the youngest seemed confused.
Then all three looked at me and grinned with such
a shining in their eyes, I was amused.
And with a yell of unanimity,
they chorused their affirmatives to me.