Jeff Martin Poet Verse

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Based on a true event

Long Distance

Year 1968
2:00 AM
Very late
Ring Ring
It was the phone
I hesitate
Maybe it would stop
Ring Ring
I guess not
RING RING
Leaving the bed
RING RING
Shuffling to the living room
RING RI-
I answered the phone
Put the handset to my head
Came the voice of a little girl
Age about five
Sweet and polite
A voice from the dead
“Hello world,” she said

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