Rotary Phone
New might be good, but don’t toss the old
I love my rotary phone
The mouth piece at my mouth
not making me feel I have to yell
No heat coming out of the earpiece
making me tumor-concerned
Doesn’t need charging
I never have to call it to find it
I know where it lives
I can hear smiles and
breathing sighs and attitudes
even dial tones
And when one is infuriated
the other one knows
the phone has been
SLAMMED DOWN
Come hear Mindy read on Day 3 of the Welcome to Boog City 16 Arts Festival, Mon. Sept. 19 at Freddy’s Bar and Backroom, 627 5th Ave., South Slope, Brooklyn
https://wordpress.boogcity.com/2022/09/07/welcome-to-boog-city-16-arts-festival-mon-sept-19-2022/