the telephone rang for the sixth time that day

someone was there

someone wasnt saying

it rang the seventh time

he wasnt curious

he wanted them to stopPERIOD

just before the voicemail machine interrupted the ringing

Hello

------  Hi baby      Ive missed you

You   youcant  miss me

------  I do miss you  I truly do

You  left  me

------  I had to go

You went

You tell me you had to go

We didnt have a conversation

We had conversations

You neglected to talk to me

------  You would have said no

We dont knownot really   Not really

Thats what you stole

You were never a thiefnever a liar

I didnt provoke you

You decided on your own

which isnt to say

it wasnt your choice

Its everyones choice

------  Isnt it

It is

                                                     It was

------  Yes    It was

Since it was

                     we have nothing to talk about

------  Nothing

No    Nothing

                        Not anything for sixteen years

------  Has it been sixteen years

Maybe not in your perception of things

------  Perception    How kind of you

Unkind of meunlike me

I like me    Like me   

                                             I like me



Maybe over time Ill love me

------  I love you

You did   I loved youlove you

Goodbye my love

------  Youre going

You went

------  I did    Thank you for finally picking up

Yes

he hung up

as he took the telephone from his ear he heard her gasp  as before her tears  he heard her sigh    as she did during sexwhen they made love

she was dead nearly sixteen years

1518,  Twosday,  18  12. 17

Evangelist  Never Feel This Young  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOrqNbNPS38