The telephone broke my sleep
Four-thirty or five-past-four
I did on purpose look
But I simply don’t remember
1-4-7-1 gave me a number
Zero seven it began
A mobile from away maybe
But a voice of familiarity
Five messages on the machine
But what had you asked
While you were away
For they are your words I fear
There is a time difference
How can it possibly be
Hours away yet at the same time
Still here with me
Newspapers have no news
Politicians only yawn
Nine days have elapsed
Since that unanswered phone
Stornaway is flashed on screen
Alcatraz and Iraq
But in my mind I deduce
That you, are at home, confused
