bring rope, come fast

she calls me
on her phone, she sounds
scared.

desperate.

please, she says, come
help me.

i'm in it again.
come quickly.

where are you, I ask,
looking
at my watch.

you know, she says, where
i'm always at

when I call you at times
like this.

i'm in quicksand.
i'm sinking, i'm going down,

bring rope, come fast.