(a longer list of numbers. a longer list of area codes. divided and categorized. some unknown and some impossible. but each connected. each tried. every time. each rang back or ended. some led to voices, some led to recordings. some led to - )
and though the information on these were scattered, for now, he had strung the obvious together. he had strung the notable together. the small subtleties. some he had spoken to, some he had not. (all he had hoped would not pick up.)
some had led to exchanges of information, impersonal. (and even with that, it was easier not to talk. easier to simply call. to receive another empty dial tone. another empty number. another empty line. a thought. a scam.)
and so, when he calls this number - he waits on the (if luck would have it) dial tone. the recording. the answering machine, out-dated. ]
( phone call --> written. )
(a longer list of numbers. a longer list of area codes. divided and categorized. some unknown and some impossible. but each connected. each tried. every time. each rang back or ended. some led to voices, some led to recordings. some led to - )
and though the information on these were scattered, for now, he had strung the obvious together. he had strung the notable together. the small subtleties. some he had spoken to, some he had not. (all he had hoped would not pick up.)
some had led to exchanges of information, impersonal. (and even with that, it was easier not to talk. easier to simply call. to receive another empty dial tone. another empty number. another empty line. a thought. a scam.)
and so, when he calls this number - he waits on the (if luck would have it) dial tone. the recording. the answering machine, out-dated. ]