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Poetry written from a dream. Grooves. Strange. Images. Compelling. Spooky(ish).

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THE RED PHONE

the tournament is over
I think I even played in it
in fact I think I even won
some kind of game
everyone leaving now
going home
many friends are there
all heading to the door

in the crowd
I hear a sound
small and quiet
yet quite loud
at least to me
I look down and there it is
I high tech red phone
like none I have seen

this phone
is like a red Ferrari
sleek, and sexy
and so glossy
it might blind your eyes
in the right light

this phone
has square buttons
placed asymmetrically
to one side
like a sort of sliding letter game
but instead of a letter in the center
a small black number
is etched into
the upper right hand corner

at the bottom of the grid
one button has
a complex Chinese Character
in the middle

this button does it all
scrolls, calls up images, and owners ID
its not a character I know
yet I can read it

a face pops up like a video name card
this phone is hers
she wears golden slippers
and has skinny black glasses
and is not
chinese


more friends in the hall
people I know
about 5 or more
looking for something on the floor
what have you lost
a box of SD cards
can you use the phone
to find them?

outside the bustling upstairs hall
with windows at the top
showing a blue night time sky
a strange rectangular house
sits vacant
with a for rent sign
hanging crooked
on the door

at the guard house
of this rectangular place
by the black iron gate
to the outside world
and next to what was once a horse stable
I open a door
a closet sized room
filled with junk
and scrapes of 2x4
my phone is on the floor
with the screen face
glowing blue

the red Ferrari phone
disintegrates in my hand
and floats into the air
back to the girl
with golden slippers and skinny black glasses
who is not chinese

I leave through the gate
seems everyone else from the hall
went out another way
as I am alone
one more step
then a few more
and I too disappear

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from Groove Collective Atomic Curve, released March 27, 2014

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