HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD YOU THAT YOUR VOICE SOUNDS QUITE SLEEPY OVER THE PHONE?

I JUST HEARD YOUR VOICE
IN A RECORDING
YESTERDAY
I LOST MY PHONE
IT HAD
MAYBE HUNDREDS
OF PICTURES YOU
USED TO SEND ME
I WAS VERY SAD
AND LONELY THEN

I DONT LOOK AT
THE PICTURES ANYMORE
BUT WHEN I
REALIZED THEY WERE GONE
I WAS UPSET
NOT ABOUT THE PHONE
OR HAVING TO BUY A
NEW ONE
OR LOSING
THE CONTACT INFORMATION
FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE
ONE NIGHT STANDS
I WAS UPSET
ABOUT LOOSING
THE DOCUMENTS
OF THAT PERIOD
OF MY LIFE
YOUR FACE
BURIED IN A PILLOW

THE RECORDING
IT REMINDED ME
OF BEING NEW HERE
HAVING NO FRIENDS
AND FEELING ANXIOUS
AND SCARED EVERYDAY
WHEN WE WOULD TALK
ON THE PHONE
FOR HOURS
I DONT EVEN REMEMBER
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT
FOR SO LONG
EVERY NIGHT

I DO REMEMBER
THAT I FELT
LESS AFRAID
AND COMFORTED
KNOWING SOMEONE
KNEW HOW
AFRAID I WAS
LISTENING TO
THAT SLEEPY WAVERING
VOICE ON THE PHONE

ONCE
I SAW SOMEONE
DIE IN A HORRIBLE BLOODY WAY
ON MY FRONT STOOP
AND I TOLD YOU
HOW AFRAID I WAS
TO EXIST IN THE
TINY APARTMENT
IN THE PROJECTS
AND YOU TOLD ME
RUN,
JUST START RUNNING
AND I DID
I RAN
AND THEN WROTE YOU
A LETTER
DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT LETTER?
I HAVE YOURS