Hinge yourself into a Bell Telephone booth
Screech the folding door shut
Reach for change

Lay coins on stainless steel shelf
A metal to metal silvery sound
Check the coin return

Pick up receiver and insert coins
Hear them jingle
Then drop into the box

Read taxi ads, graffiti messages, smell urine
Check out the directory with pages ripped out
Phone numbers scratched on plexiglass

The dial tone
Listen to the zip zip zip of the rotary dial
Glance at the person outside
Waiting to make their call

Busy tones and the hang up click
Coins drop into the coin return
Index finger scoop

Hear the siren of a passing police car
Corner of Walnut and Main
Anywhere, USA