WHERE EVERY ROOM WAITS EMPTY

(For William Saroyan and George Freitag Who knew how it is)

The long high wires swing,

Sing in the wind

Sibylline sentences,

Messages in myriad,

Life in suspension

From pole to pole.

But the bell is still

And only silence rings

Through the house

Where every room waits

Empty

Until you dial.

#loneliness #communication #emotionalconnection #phoneconversations