Tapped

By bloody LOVEly

Long distance
the phone is wringing
someone in the other room
sleeps
and dreams
that the phone will stop wringing
message machine picks up
but before anyone can answer, they hang up
Hit redial and call again
the phone continues to wring
someone in the other room
sleeps
and wonders why this person won't just hang up

"hello you have rea- - -click- - -"
All is silent
and someone in the other room
begins to feel comfortable silence once again
when the phone wrings a next time
and a next time
and again...

Someone in the other room
sleeping but aware
begins to think this might be urgent
Awake now and a bit upset
that someone keeps calling
and won't just give up on it
someone is standing by the phone
and it still wrings

someone answers the call
the person on the other line
breathes with cold dead air
asleep...
dreams of being alive
they whisper cold in someone's ear
"beware beware, your life is on the line"
beeeep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep









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© 2006 b. LOVEly
Published on Friday, January 6, 2006.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Devilish On Saturday, June 11, 2011, Devilish (2633)By person wrote:

    Should I give you my number? I want it! seriously... i like that! Scholar

  • -Oz- On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, -Oz- (131)By person wrote:

    ""beware beware, your life is on the line" ".....definatly my favorite part..-Ozkins

  • A former member wrote: Oh dear...AHHH said it perfectly, this is VERY creepy, and a definate attention-getter. I will cringe each time the phone rings from here out. *Evangel*

  • AHHH On Friday, January 6, 2006, AHHH (184)By person wrote:

    whoa. very creepy. and caught my attention. great write.

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