she says when the phone doesn't ring,
i'll know it's her; crafty, i'd say.

leave me with such a task to discern;
so, the very minute i hear the phone,
i know it'll not be her, so why bother?

and yet, what if this ring is her call?
it could be. and what if she's dead?
and they're calling to tell me?
what if there's an accident?
a one-car pile-up into a tree?
a robber at a 7-11 shoots her?
a bank clerk gone haywire-mad?
a pimply, pissed-off teen-ager?

it could be, you know. it's my job
to worry. one question: who's she?

12/31/2007

Posted on 12/31/2007
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