Speak.

Our joy is often
the sum total, of either
Our last purchase,
Or the last
Received compliment.
Of the two, longer lasting,
Are words well meant.
So, should
You see a virtue,
In another, tell them,
And mean it. Nothing is cheaper
Than a kindness, to the giver.
Nor as treasured, by
Those who receive.

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