heavy breathing on the phone

i got ninety-two

phone calls yesterday, eighty-nine

of them

were potential

spam

that were actually spam.

funeral insurance,

social security,

Medicare, home improvement,

Lottery scams,

car insurance,

pharmaceuticals,

fake police and firemen

wanting

money.

phony

charity organizations,

most of the calls are from

Jamaica, Nigeria,

Mexico,

Pakistan, and India.

except for the ones from

Annadale, Virginia.

one ex-wife in particular

can't seem to let it go

and move on with her life,

i still recognize

her heavy breathing.