The Phone Found in Rainy May

The Phone Found in Rainy May

By Calvin Ya-Lu

I knew a man who could breathe fire

And turn water into blood

He could strip metal into wire

And pull gold lumps from the mud

When I asked him how, he said with a hiss

“I learned it from the abyss”

He explained to me his strange way

The way he found in rainy may

A public phone

That stands alone

At the end of the street named “Worth”

A spot that is not of this earth

He needed to make a call

His car had crashed into a wall

But instead of a tone

He heard a haunting moan

The moan then changed to voices

They offered many choices

“I’ll tear out your eyes”

“We’ll teach you to dance”

The man was in a trance

He hung up the phone and was left concerned

But then just realized, that he had learned

The voices gave him powers

And nightmares lasting for hours

He wakes in cold sweat

And drinks to forget

You may seek it if you must

But put into me your trust

When I say “stay far away”

Or it will take you away

Let your sanity stay another day

Avoid the phone he found in rainy may