'The Rest is Silence'

adapted from Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/fashion/20Cultural.html?src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB


Frenzied ringing, pleading urgently
High-tech pest
Peddler of endless interruption
Encourager of solipsism
Essential yet obsolete


As antiquated landline
Of curling cord and oversized numerals
Bulbous handle strangely toy-like
Plastic relic


Gangly or sleek
Your ring, finally silent
Our voices, unused