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| PC: J Hardy Carroll |
I have heard so many stories.
I have heard good and bad
news. I have heard new lovers, fights, break-ups.
I have heard threats, laughter,
tears, fear, ecstasy.
I have heard sorry’s, I love you’s, I miss you’s, come
soon’s
I have heard all of them.
Now, I hear nothing.
Now, I am lonely.
I have been replaced by cellphones.
I am…….the old dial telephone
This post is written for Friday Fictioneers
Those were my thoughts too. I like the way you constructed this one.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jane :-)
DeleteWhat a beautiful and sad voice. Poor telephone.
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DeleteThis is an absolutely perfect take on the prompt - I wish I'd thought of it!
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Thank you Keith :-)
DeleteLoved your story , Dear Dee Dee
ReplyDeleteThank you Moon :-)
DeleteActually, looks more like it had buttons than a dial, but the same idea. Landlines have largely been replaced by cells. The missus and I got rid of ours a year or so back.
ReplyDeletePress button abandoned phones :-)
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Great spin on the photo prompt!
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DeleteLovely take, DeeDee. Loved this one. Varad
ReplyDeleteThank you Varad :-)
DeletePoor fellow!
ReplyDeleteThere's a saying in my native language "when a new bride comes the old is discarded"
Ain;t that true with everything in life?
Deletein the end 'Old is always Gold"
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Not old ! An antique and your value increases !
ReplyDeleteI agree :-)
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Dear Dee Dee,
ReplyDeleteThose old phones could certainly tell stories, couldn't they? Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
They do :-)
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That really rocked, Mrs. D. So poetic and at a time when we're starting to remember these things as they used to be everyday occurrences. Well done!
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DeleteGreat take, Deedee! It's horrible to feel obsolete, especially after such a diverse and interesting career. Poor telephone!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you
DeleteThanks for commenting Penny :-)
Well done. The passing of an important piece of life for many of us old enough to remember party lines and phone number that started with two letters :)
ReplyDeleteWow, those good ol days
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Loved it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Catherine :-)
DeleteJust like some of us oldsters... we have heard it all! Love it.
ReplyDeleteOld is Gold Ruth :-)
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At least the dial phone dial phone did not intrude in our lives as the cellular does. I am sure cells will soon be replaced with more intrusive devices .... telepathic communication. Nice write.
ReplyDeleteOh Yes, totally.
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Nice take on this one.
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DeleteAwww... poor old phone. Or is it the operator who's been discarded? Very well written!
ReplyDeleteI hope none of them are discarded :-)
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Hi DeeDee - poor phone ... lost without any connections left ... unwanted too - so true isn't it - everything (nearly) changes ... but in its day I bet it lived the high life ... not knowing what was coming next - cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteHope all is well for the phone :-)
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A novel take on the prompt. You will have to tell that old payphone that some people think retro equals cool, which makes him a collectible!
ReplyDeleteI do hope he realizes that he isnt junk
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we had a golden colour antique phone and I loved it. a very take on the prompt. very apt.
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Wow, we had a black one :-)
DeleteI loved its ring. Sounded like The Matrix then :-)
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Great spin on the photo prompt!
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Thank you Leang :-)
DeleteThats an interesting take on the prompt. Its cute. The poor phone booth.
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DeleteI'm sure the old dial phone still gets use now and then - when a cell phone battery dies.
ReplyDeleteI do hope it does :-)
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So sad. To witness so much and now be left so alone. Nice one!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, and live that guilt for the rest of the life
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If only they could talk, there would be so many stories to tell. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteEver thought about Ouija board *wink wink*
DeleteThanks for dropping by Subroto :-)
it's getting to be a collector's item. but it still works. :)
ReplyDeleteEverytime :-)
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