Unanswered.

The sound of a million phones

is set to mute,

I know so many by ring tone alone

but none of them

now makes a noise; they may

as well be turned off,

put away in silence, the only

noise is that of a lonely bugle boy

playing The Last Post

to the voices of high functioning anxiety

that has replaced the signal

inside my head

set.

 

Ian D. Hall 2016