On a phone,
On a line
You didn't answer.
I'm the silence
On the other end,
In a diner
West of Trenton.
So many years,
So many times,
I convinced myself
It didn't matter;
But I wonder now
If you're convinced
By listening
To your own patter...
Do you water your plants—
Do you own a cat?
What's life like
In Ever After?