Verizon is the devil

i sit down

with the phone bill

and go through it line by line.

trying to figure out

why one

phone costs so much.

the list is long as i sit

with a cup

of coffee and read.

universal service

charge,

regulatory charge,

administrative charge,

gross receipts

surcharge

local business license

charge

economic adjustment

charge.

usage and purchase

charge. Messaging

charge,

long distance charge,

data, texting and video

charge.

and then the fees begin.

the 911 fee,

the state fee

the communications sales

tax fee,

the state sales tax

fee,

the county fee,

the northern Virginia

state tax fee.

the Verizon cloud coverage fee,

the mobile protection

fee.

i just want to talk

on the phone not wrap my

life around it.

if the devil

is in the details,

then Verizon is the devil.