That permafrost runs grounded, soil as iced as tempered tundra sands.
I called you when I got to Rio. There be a savior alight on a mountain top. Five messages and a cigar. True to you in my fashion. Fit brown head in the bathroom, goin' a'gettin' ahead and not behind. Five messages and a cigar. Shoe-shining. Nods goodbye. Them Brazilians are sure to be shoe-tappin' good– I leave some messages. I smoke a cigar.
Ringing rang raw through the apartment's hide, twice and again. And then twice more.