They talk our ears off until we say, “yes”.
They yak and yammer and natter
like buzzing mosquitoes.
Their head-spinning gibber-jabber leaves us
too dizzy to notice the lies.

Sociopaths talk a lot. They talk to deflect questions, to tell stories, to paint a picture of how amazing they are, how down and out they are though it isn’t their fault. Sociopaths talk a lot. They yip and yammer and blab and blather. As nonsensical as most of it is, it all has a purpose, a two-fold singular focus and goal.