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The last phone booth on Earth
is in a forgettable town
on a nondescript street
Perhaps that is why it still exists
The last phone booth on Earth
lost its phone book long ago
its metal cord hangs bare
from the wall
The last phone booth on Earth
is a glass cocoon
People crawl inside to talk
on cell phones
more often than on the pay phone
Some emerge as butterflies
some remain caterpillars
and some crawl back out
appearing to have died inside
appearing to have died inside
The last phone booth on Earth
still has fingerprints
at the top and bottom
from dozens of college kids
climbing inside
The last phone booth on Earth
always disappoints
those looking for coins inside its silvery mouth
only to find stale wads of gum
The last phone booth on Earth
always disappoints
those looking for coins inside its silvery mouth
only to find stale wads of gum
In the last phone booth on Earth
the phone is ringing
