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phone call

yesterday, my pink I‐phone rang.
I checked the screen: unknown name.
should I accept? or decline?
curious, I answered.
from another place,
my late husband Joe
said, ‘hello Muriel’,
a voice so familiar, so dear.
‘where are you calling from?
your ashes are in an urn.’
‘I know’, he answers,
‘I was given a special gift,
allowed one call from the spirit world,
to tell you I am well
and happy, and I love you.’