landscapes
dark & bleary,
shadow bats
swoop in
a mad jitterbug
dance of wings
It’s going to be a long night
a long night of the tortured soul
C-
The telephone is screaming
the sideswipe blues,
somebody’s scheming
to give me bad, bad news
the telephone is screaming.
a momentary silence,
I know who it is
I know who it is
and it can’t be good,
it won’t stop,
it’s continuous,
vibrations
warning of
incoming
…wrath
I’m afraid to move,
I’m afraid of exposing
my location,
I’ll sit here
in fearful silence,
I know who it is,
it’s going to be a long night
a long, long night of the tortured soul
C-
The telephone is screaming
the sideswipe blues
somebody’s scheming
to give me bad, bad news
the telephone is screaming…
it’s going to be a long night
a long, long night of the tortured soul
a long, long night
Video
Notes
- A piece about my fear of the screaming telephone.
- Grammarly’s Tone Detector: Sad (*****) Disapproving (****). Sad? Pathetic, maybe…
Written: 2021
Recorded: January-February 2022