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61 Private Conversations in Public Places Shudder of a cell phone in the heart pocket, Some signal from a distant town, or near to home, Or from the darker precincts of the moon. Who out there has my number? Who knows enough to make me pause In the rustling of palm trees and bougainvillea? What the night sea murmurs, I have no answer for. Is that you at the other end of the line, Voice that calls me to myself, out of interrupted air? It’s not too late for me to listen, Or to speak among the strangers who lean away, My mouth warm against your ear. ...

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