Besides the screams and panic
Besides people becoming manic
Was the most haunting of sounds, ever to be heard
Surreal and hysterically absurd
As loved ones try to leave nothing unsaid
Was the continuously ringing cellphones of the dead
©Pauline Russell
Jan 20, 2019
Jan 20, 2019 at 6:52 PM UTC
Besides the screams and panic
Besides people becoming manic
Was the most haunting of sounds, ever to be heard
Surreal and hysterically absurd
As loved ones try to leave nothing unsaid
Was the continuously ringing cellphones of the dead
©Pauline Russell
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