cold call

the hot water
sits, going cold.
you can't get in because
you're on the phone
with
someone you don't know,
someone who
wants to sell you something
you don't need.
they are persistent,
cunning,
weary, neither young
or old,
asking all the wrong questions,
someone sitting in a warehouse
across the ocean,
unraveling a spiel
while your water gets cold.