{"id":1028,"date":"2007-07-21T09:11:13","date_gmt":"2007-07-21T09:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2007-07-21T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2007-07-21T09:11:13","slug":"two-phone-messages-from-roddy-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-phone-messages-from-roddy-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Two phone messages from Roddy Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

phone call<\/span>
 <\/span><\/span>
i did not hear the phone.<\/span>
therefore i did not answer it.<\/span>
i did not  register your question as a serious one.<\/span>
therefore i answered it with a  lie.<\/span>
i did hear the phone<\/span>
but i chose not to answer it,<\/span>
my motives in  so doing being far<\/span>
too complex to relate in <\/span>
this, answered, phone  call.<\/span>
if you knew why i did not<\/span>
answer the phone it would not  alter<\/span>
your or my life to any measurable degree.<\/span>
so why did you ask?<\/span>
you  need not answer that question<\/span>
for the reasons listed above.<\/span>


<\/span><\/span> <\/span>
message left on voicemail<\/span>
 <\/span><\/span>
i won\u2019t be in today<\/span>
i\u2019m full of it<\/span>
i think i\u2019m coming down with<\/span>
a dose of fascism.<\/span>
i\u2019m feeling right pompous.<\/span>
i\u2019m hoping it\u2019s just<\/span>
a twenty-four hour thing<\/span>
but i\u2019d best not come in\u2026<\/span>
in case it\u2019s catching.<\/span>
 <\/span>
the doctor says if i<\/span>
take the moral high ground<\/span>
he prescribed<\/span>
and have a good sleep<\/span>
i\u2019ll be fine by Wednesday.<\/span>
 
<\/span><\/span>
\u2022 <\/span>Roddy Williams lives and works in London. A radical atheist, his Haiku  Diary <\/span><\/span>
of Common Sense<\/span> can be found at <\/span>http:\/\/hairybloke.blogspot.com\/<\/a> <\/span>

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