I got a phone for my birthday once
like a corded one
for my room
pink
landline
land
line
I got in trouble for talking
on my phone too much
not being
not using 
talking
Talk
ing
with my voice 
to my friend’s 
into their ear on the other end
to my boyfriend
sometimes all night 
until we’d fall asleep
the phone would fall too
Luckily he wasn’t long distance
Not to get all 
Taylor Swift on you
but I’m not sure
lucky 
would be the word I’d use for 
him
even though HE dID latEr know how 
to 
get lucky 
with the other woman
At some point we must have gotten
call waiting
We’d have 
had to
since I was on the phone 
all night
long

I’m looking for poetry challenges. Today I was inspired by “Noteworthy” on Ethical ELA, and the prompt to reflect on communications from the past.