HELLO [FEBRUARY 4, SARAJEVO 1994]

Hello? Hello? Hello?

Hello you may say into the receiver
and wait for the other party to make a
Tssscht Tsche sound

wait
for the other party to make a
Tssscht Tsche
European sound with the tip of their tongue on the back of their
upper front teeth. And then you may ask,
was there dancing on the 61?
Was there any sardonicism once the mortar hit,
was there dancing on the 61?
Was there anyone with satire on their minds
once the mortar hit like a Nixon imitation or
were we just seeing
stars in the 70s like a cartoon and a mallet?

© 1995 Daniel X. O'Neil