Lifeline

I'm sorry. I should call.

It's not that I'm not interested,
I'm just such rubbish on the telephone,
particularly long-distance.

It's the trying to be articulate.
Even with the people I love the most.
The ones who know me anyway.

You should see the lengths I go to
to avoid talking to my relatives.

I'll write you a letter. I promise.
I do think of you.
All the time.