When midnight cuts off an ear,
the two-party line goes dead.
At the far end, a woman in blue haze
accuses her lover of lying. Why
doesn't he call? For want of three
digits, romance freezes over.
A match sputters out in the cold.
Madeline DeFrees has published six poetry collections. She lives and writes in Seattle.
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