if i called you
right now
this
very
second.
would you pick up?
would your
fingers
eagerly brush
the plastic pontificator
the buzzing voice
of
those
unseen
smile
and
say, "Hello?"
or would you
glance at it
smirk
roll your eyes
and
count down the
seconds
until the
bzzz
bzzz
bzzz
ceases?
would you
return
to your
halcyon dream
days gone by
all the while you
conjure up
manufactured smiles,
feeding your
happiness habit
with
cotton candy charisma
and
sugar sweet cynicism.
tell me
tell me truly
if i called you
right now
in this very second
would you pick up?