Phone Calls

Most these days are unpleasant.

A burden or a chore to make

or take.

Telemarketers try to hide themselves

as a number from your zip code

while some 800 ‘s just make you cringe.

Then there are the ones to be made

in order that your schedule

is on schedule,

Gone are the days

when phone calls surprised and made you happy.

So are the days of our lives.