Telephone
Oh! There’s again that incessant ring
A land-line telephone - that infernal thing!
And I start to speak to that device
“Hello?” (then repeat that twice)
No response is what I hear
Nothing audible to my ear
“Hello?” again, I say it loud …
(The silent receivers’ still endowed).
Through the rings, ears await assent
Of some voice … some comment.
Wait! Maybe I’m mixed up …
Before I speak … must I pick it up?
Copyright © Jack Clark | Year Posted 2021
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