Will bring you people With its ring, People who do not know what to do with Their time And they will ache to Infect you with This From a distance (although they would prefer To actually be in the same room To better project their nullity upon You).
The telephone is needed for Emergency purposes only
These people are not Emergencies, they are Calaminties.
Each person is only given so many Evenings And each wasted evening is A gross violation against the Natural course of Your only Life; Besides, it leaves an aftertaste Which often lasts two or three days Depending upon the visitor.
The telephone is only for Emergency purposes.
It has taken me Decades But I have finally found out How to say "no."
This poem is about the many people that would call and arrive at Bukowski’s places of residence throughout his life since he was usually listed in the phone book.