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Cellphone Conversation

(After Wole Soyinka’s “Telephone Conversation”)

My phone rang, I recognized the number

and picked it up.

“Hey, babe,” I said,

“What’s going on?”

She started laughing,

and it seemed she wanted to talk,

but just couldn’t control herself.

I wanted to know

what was so funny. Finally,

she managed to stop laughing.