Obsolescence

That nicotine-yellow telephone

has almost given up ringing.

Kicked its twenty a day habit.

Cut down to two or three

and those from foreign call centres.

Not a patch on the real thing.

“Thank you for calling,

Please remove me from your database”

Have I said that too often

and everyone else has deleted my number?

Of course, they are busy.

Engaged with important things

Time drags, that’s my fault

I was the one who disconnected when I quit

Like the phone,

I just dont work any more