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Wind Phone

by The Cosmic StarDuster
Chapter 2
≛hello≛
can you hear me
it’s loud here
no the wind
that’s the wind

I didn’t mean to call
it just started ringing
or maybe I lifted it
hard to tell anymore

≛static≛

if you’re listening
don’t say my name
it drags
when you say it

I tried talking normal at first
like they tell you to
like the line understands manners
but it only carries what slips

≛cut≛

she’s closer than before
or farther
distance keeps changing its rules
out here everything arrives sideways

do you hear that
no not me
behind it
that breathing sound
that’s not a person

≛wind surge≛

they said the phone was for grief
they didn’t say grief answers back

I asked if she was alright
the line went quiet
quiet like it does
when someone’s deciding what to leave out

≛drop≛

if this cuts again
just hold it
don’t hang up
the wind finishes sentences better than I do

I can’t tell if I’m speaking
or being repeated

≛fading≛

tell her I≛
tell her the road≛
tell her I stopped looking≛

≛static≛

no
don’t tell her that

≛line open≛

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