it’s funny, just how paranoid I would get when the phone rang more than twice
often what goes through my mind was “someone probably died”
depends on who was calling.
my mother called it pathetic,cause when I picked up the phone with pannick in my voice
i ask, “are you okay mom? and dad? and Samuel and Joseph and grandma? Is everyone okay? i would ask as I lean on my door
the flat line of silence before my mom starts to giggle, “poor child”...