The Beckoning Poetry Post Page


Poetry by Laurence O'dwyer



Added 20 November 2003

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This poem is by Laurence O'dwyer


Telephone Call from Tucson

The telephone was silver
Bell Atlantic
Standing there in the desert heat
Downtown Tucson, Congress Street
Humming in the sun
Shining brilliantly
Dangerous to the eye
I try to call my mother
But the receiver is too hot to hold
And I let it drop
Like a hangman
Neck broken
Quivering
I watch
Until it is still
Execution over
I put the dead receiver back
I am drained
The sprinklers
Water the lawn
Of the tax office
I feel weak
With sunglasses
Nobody can see me weep
And I decide to go back to my motel room


BIOGRAPHY: Irish, 35, botanist, jammy dodger enthusiast, conniouseur of slugs and quails.