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Speed Dial

Hang ups, 
I’ve got plenty of those 
Like a phone with
too many busy signals,
I couldn’t get through to you.

I think the number  you gave me was out of service.
You said, “Dial me up”
but the damn phone was a push button. 

I called long distance,
the operator said
“Put another quarter in.”
Sadly I only had one thin dime. I wonder if I should have called collect?

All along you had my number. You could have,
given me a ring. After-all I was the marrying kind.
It seems my dial tone was slightly out of tune??

I scratched your number out of my little black book. It was time to find another connection. 

I could say I don’t remember you, but that would be a lie.
You are the crush that never made it to speed dial.

Copyright © Richard Lamoureux

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