dial
two-tone composition unknown destinations an operator obsesses over pickup & hangup
one +1 more connected than 2. you will. and the company that will bring it to you is me
push digits into holes, keep spinning until you feel the click in place switch arms, hands tire
blinking countless lines, voice carrying fast & far on continuous copper wire silence costs us as much—
draw X’s & O’s in octothorps sleep clutching our handsets there is so much to exchange during long-distance calling