My call is always important
Loot
2019
It’s not life or death
Or a deal for crystal meth
Or a marriage split
Or saving a wrist, due to slit
Been twenty minutes
Train knows your business
Yes, I’ve been there
With an inappropriate share
Blabbered and worse
Shouted, argued and cursed
Felt self-important
Replied when I shouldn’t
Spoke way too loud
Impropriety, not proud
Simply overreacted
Wish I’d stopped, retracted.
I didn’t, please do
Can’t help listening to you
As my hackles rise
I’m plotting your demise
Please keep it down
I don’t need your sound
All that bleating
About a poxy meeting
And your influence
All the valued time spent
And the outcome
Your impact, obs none
It’s really quite sad
Others can’t be that bad
Please put it away
Or prepare for an affray
Re-holster the phone
Don’t wanna be in your zone
Makes me think that ...
Whether you're going to work or travelling home the last thing you want to hear is someone else's self important phone. The volume in invariably too loud, the duration too long and the subject inane. Do these callers imagine we are all interested, are they thoughtlessly self-absorbed or do they just not care: their call is important after all.
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