I answer the phone
Sweetly
Conjuring interest in an unknown caller
I may know this soul,
or it may be a stranger.
Today I am a receptionist.
May I help you?
With whom would you like to speak?
One moment please.
Certainly.
Fascinated for the second of connection.
Lingering is not accomplishing.
Friendly, only brief.
I am not permitted tbe time to
ask about the wife
who has cancer,
or the child's graduation.
That would gum up the whole process
now wouldn't it?
Love must be given in a snapshot.
No feature length films today.
The Chicago Rat Hole Has Been Removed
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It's the end of an era. Many years ago, no one knows exactly when, a new
sidewalk on West Roscoe Street in Chicago was laid, and a rodent left an
imprint...
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1 comment:
love this...been there
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