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Telephone Game

from As the Mandarin Sun Sets by G~Mile

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Tell me how to dial homes
Tell me how the dial tones
Are usually loosely based on
the silence of being alone

Oh, G~Mile’s home
but really who calls
anyone anymore
in a society that will
often ignore you

Unless it’s the IRS or CPS
both specializing in
them broken homes
CBS makes my third eye blind
listening to the most blatant
lies of our time

But, back when I was kid though
GrandMomma would let me
watch her soaps
Young & the Restless flow
Neil Winters in a tuxedo

GrandMomma would say,
“If she ain’t call you back she ain’t the one”
But also said,
“Pray on things for thy will to be done”

Will to be done…son,
I’m stuck on the drums
stuck on the beat
wondering why you
don’t text to see
how I be and how I need
to be closer to the family

I’m just a telephone call away
regardless of where I stay
A 4 Page Letter
bottled up emotions
I will release today

Hey,
I release this
what a relief it’s
as if I’ve been texting you
another thesis

Heh, a million pieces of poetry
‘Cause I “Love U 4 Life” like Jodeci
I’m trying to reach that quota, see
just an example of diplomacy

Is that lame
or am I sane
to try to stay in touch
with you, my dame

With Ghostin’
you’re an authority
I’ve never been a part
of the silent majority

I call it like I see it
tell it with the deepness
Electric Intercourse in
the belly of a Prius
Metaphors, I keep it
Silly in my leaflets
Personification,
time creeps in its sneakers

Speak it in existence
Some still attack
Friends fall silent
on the knives in your back

I’m not intact
as our signals are crossed
No longer in service
Disconnected in my thoughts

So protective
Message intercepted
Used as evidence
Wire taps collected

Accepted
the hidden fees
The long-distance
connections never breed

These are the trying times
These are the lying times
These are the dreams I spell
over screen time after time

Imagined wide…

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from As the Mandarin Sun Sets, released August 17, 2019

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G~Mile Sacramento, California

Poet.
Lyricist.
Singer.
Trumpet "Playa".
Dancer.
Comedian. Entertainer.
Educator.
Motivational Speaker.
Storyteller.
Story gatherer. Deliverer of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Hymns.

My words.
My thoughts.

For those who show love.

& for those who think they are "leaders" when they are really oppressors.

This is my soul on digital display.

All is Well.

Like Grandmama used to say.
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