YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT
YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT
I offer you this proposition,
That if you call me, I will listen.
Tin can and string, waxed, stretched out taut,
or by copper wire; what God hath wrought!
Cell phone radiation through the air
To startle me napping in my chair.
You’ll hear no scratchy Muzak™ playing,
No cheery A.I. female saying,
“Your call’s important, stay on the line.”
I’ll pick up, promise, in four rings time.*
I’ll hang upon to your every word
Profound, flippant, mundane, absurd,
Your goings on, your hopes, your fears,
I’ll hear you with uncritical ears.
* Contingent on my being able to find my phone.
About this poem
It's for the person you don't want to put on hold.
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Written on April 02, 2023
Submitted by pugpubco on December 19, 2023
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Scheme | X AABBCCDDXXEEFF X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 122 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 14, 1 |
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