July 11, 2003

Ring

The sound of the phone ringing woke him up as if from a dream, but more jarring, like someone slapping him awake, but he was standing up, looking out the window, waiting for the phone to ring and trying with every ounce of his strength to somehow shut off his ears so that when it rang it wouldn't cause him physical pain, which it would, and did every single time.

July 11, 2003 04:18 PM