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cryptic phone call<br />
Vincent A. Cellucci and Dylan Krieger<br />
something crackly<br />
was that my lover’s<br />
maybe death rattle—<br />
fat-lip lisp?<br />
this hostage sitch<br />
is getting hairy<br />
sure the villain’s<br />
a cig that burns both<br />
repurposed sewer system<br />
looking sinister in his<br />
but what’s he<br />
flick & viewer<br />
done that heroes<br />
wouldn’t do once shoved?<br />
shot for shot<br />
any love sung out<br />
starlet for starlet<br />
lost to this evenhanded<br />
firefight bigger than<br />
or whispered over wires<br />
i want to hear<br />
its muffled whine<br />
desperate cries<br />
of a diff time<br />
if not still alive<br />
make-<br />
then dying for what we<br />
believe<br />
66 <strong>THAT</strong>