Phone

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Subtle-

The sound is subtle.

I can hear it through the walls, they are so thin.

They won't pick up their damn phone,
It stops.

And then it starts again

And again

Again

They won't pick up the phone.

The sound is not subtle-

It rings through the pillow
It resounds in my skull

They pick up the phone
.
.
.
I roll over and close my eyes

The walls are to thin
They cry and tears leak through drywall.



Lila MacKinnon

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