Listen: The phone goes ring and rings again,
“You’ve reached the machine, you know the routine…”
I move my mouse with a tentative cling,
Adjust my headset, stretch out, and then
Wait-wait for the next machine to begin.
My pitch has been polished to a high sheen
Explaining just what preferred partners mean.
My head’s a swim of beeps, and howls, and din.
I roll my eyes and prepare my next line
As I wait for some celestial sign.
What’s this? I hear someone’s voice on the line!
No other so sweet, no other so fine
At long last a voice that’s worth all my time…
Huh? What do you mean her card got declined?
have you ever got a date this way…