im a cunt.

“Old bloke 1”

My phone rings
It has an elvis ring tone
I look at the screen
And i know
Its a drunk bloke
I work with
From the factory.

I made a rule
Never to answer the phone
After 10:30.

Nothing good happens after then.

Its stops,
Rings again,
He leaves a message.

“Ben, its the old fella
Hes in an ambulance.”

Old drunk bruce
and his son
With no one else to ring
but me -
The closest thing he
Has
To a friend

I delete the message.
and
It rings again.

I put it under my pillow
And elvis sings in a muffle

“theres got to be bids
Flying higher
In the sky
So blue”.

Nothing good happens
After 10:30.