New Voice Mail

The wee window greets me with this simple message: New Voice Mail

Press SP-PHONE

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Please enter your password or if you have entered the wrong mail box number press star.

Beep beep beep beep bope beep bope beep beep, number sign

You have one new voice message, to check unheard messages press one-one.

One.  One.

First message…

And there you are: “Hi it’s me, I thought you might be home, I sense you may be frustrated with the world, I thought you might like to talk, ah, yah, okay, call me.”

And suddenly all is right again.

My best friend.