the four a.m.
call.
i roll over
and wonder if i should
answer it.
no matter what it is,
there's nothing i can do.
i let it ring
and ring until they give up.
bad news can wait.
good news too.
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About Me
- Stephen Chute
- west springfield, virginia, United States
- these are all FICTIONAL stories and characters and are in no way representative of any real experiences in my or anyone else's life. any similarities are purely coincidental, except for the dog poems.
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