each morning
waking to an empty house
filled with non-electronic silence
then to the computer
run for no mail, no messages
check the pager, nothing
see myself erased on the net
sit on the couch and wait for bedtime
each afternoon
no reason to exercise the eyelids
and no one around
an absentee address book
an absentee life
call his pager
just to hear a human voice
...somebody talk to me...

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