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Ode to an Incoming Call This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine.

The phone rings
And it's not you
No, I do not want to renew
My subscription, good day
And screw you
Conspiracies stem from paranoia
Coming together like attracted
Raindrops on the windshield
You lost your phone
You lost your mind
You lost your love
Aliens
I left a message
A week or two ago
And diligently kept calling
But directed straight to voicemail
I listen to you say your name
Like guitar chords
They struck the right notes
In my heart
But I want to hear more sweet music
Oh god
No, look what you've done
I've rented a hotel room
In cliché-ville
Give me a call
Or give me a straitjacket
Because I'm going
Crazy staring at this phone
Call me back
Call me back
Call me back

This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.




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writehandedThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Dec. 16, 2010 at 3:59 pm:
I found this while devouring the poetry sections in a year's worth of Teen Inks today, as well as your Slow Dance in Haiku. Your words are so fluid and genuine... I loved both, but being more of a free verse fan, this one stole my heart. I love it. I should have more to say than that, I'm a writer too after all. The best I can do to explain is that your poem is exactly how I've felt sitting next to a silent phone. Your words are simple yet say so much, which is similar to my style so&n... (more »)
 
BradP27 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Dec. 16, 2010 at 7:02 pm :
Thank you so much!
 
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Dackary said...
Oct. 4, 2010 at 10:15 pm:
interesting. It seems as though you are simply just listing things rather than having any syllabic count or A,B, AA,BB, line structure. Is this free verse?
 
BradP27 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Oct. 5, 2010 at 3:05 am :
Indeed it is free verse. 
 
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ImaginedangerousThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Aug. 5, 2010 at 4:00 pm:
This made me smile- I loved the beginning five lines, 'You lost your mind/You lost your love/Aliens', 'No, look what you've done/I've rented a hotel room/In cliche-ville'...actually pretty much the whole poem.
 
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writergirl22 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
May 16, 2010 at 12:02 pm:

The phone rings
And it's not you
No, I do not want to renew
My subscription, good day
And screw you

The beginnings my favorite! I love it!

 
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*StandardToaster* said...
Feb. 11, 2010 at 9:35 pm:
omg spot on! this is amazing. check out my work? http ://www.teenink .com /poetry/all/article/168414/Heart-on-Fire/
 
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MorningStar15This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Jan. 27, 2010 at 8:39 pm:
<3 it 100% me sometimes
 
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**talia** This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Jan. 26, 2010 at 4:14 pm:
No freaking kidding! Good job, check out my stuff?
 
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