By sweetness
Date: 2001 Nov 15
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[[2001.11.15.22.11.28494]]

Wireless

I told him goodbye in a letter
married men don't take well to phone calls
but a confidential missive
in an envelope from his insurance company
addressed to his place of business
does the trick.

It is cruel to play games with people
Goodbye
is what I wrote

But this man never saw a closed door
he wouldn't pry open again
and there's his number
on the caller id
and even though I have said goodbye
I answer the toll

"What did  I do?"
he asks
over the crackle and breaks
of the wireless
he's in his truck
on his way home to her
and he says
"I hope I'm not losing you..."
and I cannot tell if he means the call
or my love
before the connection breaks.