darlene

I need to take
this call
she tells you
on the phone.
can you hold on,
or I can
call you back in
a few days.
maybe Monday
after eight, if
that isn't too late.
but, you say,
before you hear
the click
of the phone
closing your
one minute
conversation.
you write down
Monday at eight.
next to Tuesday
at seven,
sunday at
nine a.m.,
the third Thursday
of july,
at one, Darlene.