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The Phone

Prank calls, long-distance connections, secret messages

Of a fifty-year marriage, of an immigrant’s journey, of a terrorist attack

About a career, about college, about living in America

A father’s lesson, a son’s apology, a husband’s surprise

Hitching a ride, trusting a partner, marrying the same person three times

A fifth-grade bully, a blossoming romance, a late-night crash

Losing them, fixing them, forgetting to put them in

Learning to ride, falling down, getting back on

In a college dorm, in a prison, in a marriage

With a broken-down oven, in a hotel kitchen, on an uninhabited island

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