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The Telemarketer Means to Call Baker About Erectile Dysfunction but, in a Misdial, Winds up With Simic/ Gabriel Welsch Good evening, sir. I am calling you because you asked for more information about our product, Rigida, the natural erectile enhancement . . . I didn't do that. Is this Mr. Baker? I should have asked that right away. So, you're not Mr. Baker? No. Who are you? [Pause] Well, that's not really, you know, important. I know who you are. If you're not Mr. Baker we can just-- You live in two rooms from which you've pawned pictures-- their shapes ghost your walls, outlines hanging with no weight. How do you--? Your laundry seethes at the door. Glasses fill with spiderwebs. You clutch at your eyes sometimes to remove migraines, to pull them through your brow like tapeworms. Who are you? THE MISSOURI REVIEW Sunny Thursdays, your day off, you pace off the river's bend in the smell of toast and eggs, the fry cook's blind sizzle a shadow scratching your hands. You wonder where your husband walks in the daylight, his face euphoric as a clock. [weeping--glassine tufts of woe] You know the taste of air here,
The Missouri Review – University of Missouri
Published: Oct 8, 2004
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