The day leans on the beach,

blue-grey and thinking
but somewhere a 'phone is ringing
and no-one comes.

Sound fades into distance
as the wood pigeons call
and the 'phone rings again -
a sound misplaced,
an unknown origin,
but no-one comes
and it stops.

Traffic takes over where it left-off
and a 'plane drones
across the sky
leaning on the beach
blue-grey and thinking
but somewhere a 'phone is ringing
and no-one comes.
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