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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2009-01-15 03:59 PM

THE VOICE IN THE DRAIN
4 April 2001

I turn on the tap
and notice,
for
the
first
time,
how remarkably reminiscent
the trickling water is
of a human voice.
I laugh and turn off the tap
and the voice in the drain stops.

Quizzically I turn it on again …
and the voice returns.

But,
… it really is a voice.
My brain has unzipped, flipped, tripped!
There is a human voice emanating
from my little washbasin plug-hole.

I can hear it clearly now.  I can.  Really.
It’s a woman’s voice … I can even make out the wor …ords.
Uh oh!
I get the message.
The message is:
“You have No New Messages.  To disconnect, press Star.”

Sheepishly, I pull my (new and first) cellphone out of my pocket
And Press Star.

And truly, I Have No Messages, new or otherwise-
not in the drain, nor in my brain, nor on my cellphone.

…and truly the Voice in the Drain was right.

- Owl

ken206573
Member

since 2008-10-14

Posts 487

1 posted 2009-01-15 04:16 PM

i think your poem was quite interesting and funny

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2009-01-15 04:28 PM

Thanks, Ken. Welcome to Pip!

- Owl

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

3 posted 2009-01-15 04:45 PM

This is quite fantastic, the tap, the phone, thank you for sharing this original and well expressed poem...

yann

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

4 posted 2009-01-15 04:53 PM

good one!

"I Have No Messages, new or otherwise-
not in the drain, nor in my brain, nor on my cellphone..."

[well ... the above about perfectly 'sums up'
my (alleged) 'life'!]

applause for this 'penning' !

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2009-01-15 09:47 PM

I have had a cell phone for quite some time now and I still don't use it much. I prefer my house phone and fondly remember a time when you were able to talk to real people
on a real phone. Amusing story.
Ida

r v wooo
Senior Member

since 2007-08-07

Posts 656

6 posted 2009-01-16 12:16 PM

interesting poem...

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2009-01-16 10:32 AM

Thanks, Yann.  I am glad you enjoyed it so much.

Thanks, Bruce.  I am sorry you see your life the way you do.  The rest of us, have a far better opinion of you than you seem to have of yourself, and that is sad.  Perhaps we need to introduce you to our good friend, Bruce, as we see him!

Ida, yes, I remember when I was a teenager I used to talk for hours on the phone to my friends.  We didn't pay for the length of the call then.

Thanks, r v woo.  I am glad you enjoyed it.

- Owl

poddarku
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since 2008-01-15

Posts 589
india

8 posted 2009-01-17 01:32 AM

Sharp observation and wonderful analogy

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

9 posted 2009-01-17 05:11 AM

Kinda just drains you doesn't it.....(smile)

This is just too cute! I love it.

Eric

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

10 posted 2009-01-17 11:00 AM

Loved it~~~ seems just like this morning the same voice was talking to me

and I get a kick out of Ethome's quick wit this morning

M

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

11 posted 2009-01-17 12:08 PM

Thank you, Kushal.  Wow, "sharp observation" coming from you, the master of observation, means a lot!

Giggles, Eric!  Thanks for that.
Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks, Maureen for getting inside my poem so well.  It wasn't your voice in the drain, was it?  Smiles.  Yes, Eric gave us more smiles, didn't he!

- Owl

threadbear
Senior Member

since 2008-07-10

Posts 817
Indy

12 posted 2009-01-17 02:02 PM

A garbled call
from beneath waves
must wait to surface
before it is heard.

Please, Owl, don't press the disposal button!
Jeff

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

13 posted 2009-01-17 02:35 PM

Ooh, no, I won't, Jeff! I'd hate to dice you into pieces by mistake (or on purpose, for that matter!)! Smiles.

Owl

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

14 posted 2009-01-17 11:33 PM

smiling from ear to ear...needed this refresher...good write

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

15 posted 2009-01-17 11:54 PM

Diana... I am smiling at this one..

very cleverly put together

RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

16 posted 2009-01-17 11:59 PM

Thanks, Steaven. I am always so glad when I provide something that somebody really needed. I'm happy you enjoyed it.

Thanks, Roniece for your kind words. The facts behind it are exactly true and that is exactly how it happened! Smiles.

Owl

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

17 posted 2009-01-21 03:32 PM

This morning was like that for me... thanks for letting me know I'm not alone! *S*

Namyh
Senior Member

since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

18 posted 2009-01-21 07:35 PM

Owl - This was crafted with drops of imagination. They drip into a reader's thoughts where several other voices, circling a brain-drain, are trying to call a plumber. I enjoyed this much. Namyh

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

19 posted 2009-01-22 12:06 PM

Giggles, Ruth. I am sorry you had such an upside-down day (smiles), but glad you knew you weren't alone (more smiles).

Thank you, Namyh for your fun response, dripping with imagination. Smiles.

Owl

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