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TOPIC: everything I need to know is in the telephone book
by Mark Maxeywhere is that book? I got to find it…it has everything in it
from phone numbers of strangers I can call and prank
or doctors I can call and get appointments so I can go and sit
or for that lottery that I know I am going to win…I need a bank
tho I have to be honest…it’s a thrill each time I read my own name
it shows I am alive…I have a phone…and that people can call me too
go to bars…pass out numbers and hope for a call…its all in the game
and when I do find that one…I hope I don’t call a lawyer and have to sue
when I am hungry and too lazy to drive…all I got to do is look for delivery
pizza, pasta, hamburgers too…it’s all in the book…everything I need to know
and it’s time to call the heating and air man when I am cold and shivery
or when my car is lame and I just need to get a tow
everything I need to know is in the telephone book
so I keep it handy just in case
handy with magnifying glass for the closer look
for it is my life line and acts as the base
01/18/2005 Author's Note: Topic was suggested by: Kyle Anne Kish
Posted on 01/19/2005
Copyright © 2024 Mark Maxey
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kyle Anne Kish on 01/19/05 at 05:14 AM Mark, you make me sorry that my number is unlisted. :) "tho I have to be honest…it’s a thrill each time I read my own name
it shows I am alive…" <--- this line jumped out at me. I was drawn to it in someway I can't describe. Very entertaining read. ~~ Kyle Anne |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 01/19/05 at 05:39 AM Mark, I like what you've done with this topic. Your style is so different from mine, but that's what makes pathetic so interesting. Glad you're here. ;-)
~Chelle~ |
| Posted by Melina Raven Maness Diebold on 01/19/05 at 07:13 PM very stream-of-consciousness and just the right blend of humor and poignancy. |
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