My Phone
Top-drawer, loaded — you should have seen my phone:
not some East 14th Street knockoff that fell
off the back of a truck, no, I was jonesing
for the real deal, the one that can tell
you what’s what and who’s who and where to hang
your hat and which way’s heaven, which way’s hell —
the features, man, the features — angels sang
my song, I’d never have to be alone,
I’d have it made. And then the damn thing rang.
© Michael Fleming
Brattleboro, Vermont
April 2013
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