By Tara Holland
Date: 28 November 2000

Original Press 1

It's 11pm and
I now know you are
not coming home.
Your call was clear,
Thank you AT&T.

I am tired of your
unhappiness, you said.
I am tired too,
I thought.

Of raising one more
child. And hoping
I would see
the man I married.
He has been absent
long before he left.

And I could cry.
I did, a bit.
And I could try.
I did, I think.
And I could die.
I won't, I know.

I don't recall
hanging up the phone.
Though I know
the high pitched
tone turned into that woman's
voice, reminding me to
hang up and try again.

Hang up and try again.

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