early trouble
Jeffrey S. Callico, August 2009
I meant to tell you something
but you hung up
before I had the chance
to even say it.
I stare at the phone
as if it’s my doctor
informing me
of my impending death.
Days later you call back
asking what it was
I wanted to say and I
start to tell you but realize
you probably don’t care
so my voice trails off
into some other matter that has
nothing to do with either of us
and soon the phone is again
abandoned like before
leaving no one to blame
but the history of you and me.
TOO LATE
Jeffrey S. Callico, August 2009
you didn’t
call
until now
after so
many days
& weeks
did you
think
I wouldn’t
notice
your silence
or
how you
make me
believe
you’re
not
there
Jeffrey S. Callico has been published in a variety of online and print magazines, including Johnny America, Frigg, Origami Condom, and several others. He recently released a self-published chapbook entitled Early Trouble, which was part of the Outsider Writers chapbook swap. His collection of short fiction, Fighting Off the Sun: Stories, Tales, and Other Matters of Opinion, is available on Amazon.com.
