''Konnichiwa"

A voice claims my attention

foreign and disembodied

''konnichiwa"!

I walk dripping from the shower

to the bedroom.

On the bed a fresh white towel lay folded

and upon that my 'phone.

It's her.

Two women in my room

one does the bidding

for the other

The ring-tone

female and Japanese.

I place the vibrating 'phone

upon the dresser.

Taking the towel from

the bed l dry myself and

lay upon fresh sheets.

And sigh.

She calls again.

The voice again enquires:

"Konnichiwa"

in an increasingly irritable tone.

I stare at the ceiling.

She calls again.

I turn my back on her enquiry

and lay staring

with my eyes closed

waiting...

 

words and foto Tommy Carroll