What was it like when
you fell asleep the night before?
Do you remember?
Could you tell what news would greet you before dawn?
What was it like when you were summoned before the sun had
rissen
that cold musty student residence
could you tell
rissen
that cold musty student residence
could you tell
the world was already changed?
Did the knowledge clench in your stomach like a prick of a surgical needle?
Did the knowledge clench in your stomach like a prick of a surgical needle?
Did you take that feeling with you
walking down that long long. Long. dark corridor
alone
One. step.
Could you tell before you took the call?
You knew. The inevitable.
When you picked up the receiver
When you picked up the receiver
First to the silence of a static inhale
The scratchy voice ...
Did you already know what she would say?
Did you hear it all - or did she have to repeat it?
Did you already know what she would say?
Did you hear it all - or did she have to repeat it?
What was it like
Alone with that news?
Did you keep the receiver pressed to your ear,
or did it slip from your fingers and dangle at your side?
What was that like?
head bowed, body heaving against the wall at that payphone,
you - right at the end of that long long corridor before dawn
you - right at the end of that long long corridor before dawn
Did you slip down pressed against the wall crumpled?
Not even a shadow in the dark for company.
Severed.
Alone.
Hello? Are you there?
Not even a shadow in the dark for company.
Severed.
Alone.
Hello? Are you there?
