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18 October 2015

Calling Home


Thank God! Glad to hear from you, bro.
Fantastic that you made the connection.
I know you’re good, but I was starting
to get just a little bit worried. So –
what year is it where you are? Heck,
that far back, hey? You might have hurried
a bit too much, overdone the traction …
but no matter, what are they like?

You’re speaking from what kind of phone?
The rotary dial? That you yank with one finger?
Missed it by decades! That Tardis needs an upgrade.  
And you’re in AUSTRALIA? You’ll never blend in there.


For the Friday prompt at 'imaginary garden with real toads': to write a poem including a rotary phone, and if there's a caller they must not be from that era.
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8 comments:

  1. brudberg18 October 2015 at 07:10

    Not easy to travel on a phone-booth these days,... All that magic is gone.

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  2. Sherry Blue Sky18 October 2015 at 09:07

    LOL......"you'll never blend in there." Loved this.

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    1. rallentanda19 October 2015 at 16:24

      Decorate it with beer cans and football slogans....no worries mate !

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  3. Outlawyer18 October 2015 at 09:38

    Ha. Very clever, Rosemary--Thanks. k.

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  4. Susie Clevenger18 October 2015 at 16:33

    Yes, this is so clever..."What year is it where you are?" I think I could actually ask that question of some people I know.

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  5. Susan19 October 2015 at 02:47

    Hahaha! One of my would make a good Dr. Who. Australia, huh? Haha. The hardest part of dial now would be waiting for its traction.

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  6. Fireblossom19 October 2015 at 04:41

    "What year is it where you are?" I love that, and expect that people may soon begin asking me the very same question!

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  7. Gail19 October 2015 at 10:37

    I agree with brudberg, the magic is gone from phones...well done.

    Thanks for visiting.

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