small talk

i agree
there is no room
for small talk

as a cover or mask or distraction or enterainment or fun or an end in itself
life is too small

too short
too deep

for small talk to cover the chasm that swallows

us
up

but
as a sacrifice
an offering
a first attempt
a reaching out
it may
by the grace of God
become the thread that pulls the string that pulls the rope that pulls the cord
across the gap

a cross

to bridge the gap

that divides

one

from

another

from
One

...not an end, but perhaps a small beginning...

(Thank you, Aaron.)