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The Payphone
by Leon Stevens → (All Poetry by Leon Stevens)
Friday, February 28, 2020    Rated "G" by the Author.
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A sketch became a poem


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A crippled appendage hangs useless
Scarred and broken by abuse
Bible long taken
Begging for attention
Accepting alms
Lonely in its obsolescence   

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 Reviews of "The Payphone"
Reviewed by Leon Stevens
Reviewed on March 2, 2020
Ron,

oops, I just notices I mixed up the illustrations...Will correct.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 1, 2020
Love the sketch. Do they still have payphones anywhere? Whenever I was in need, trapped in my electric wheelchair with my hands unable to handle coins or dial phones anymore, someone would come along with a cell phone and make the call for me.

But perhaps I have misread the poem.

Ron


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