Time Connections

TIME CONNECTIONS (by Silvio Vinci) The phone rang in an empty room, A room they knocked down years ago. I heard my name beneath the hiss, In a voice I’d live to know. I asked him who had made the call; He said, “You will. You always do.” Time connections, hold the line, Let the current carry me. There’s a lifetime in the wire, And a man I’m going to be. I watched the street outside unfold; Each doorway opened on a year. I asked the voice to tell me when; It said, “You’re getting very near.” I pressed my hand against the glass; An older hand was waiting there. Time connections, hold the line, Let the current carry me. There’s a lifetime in the wire, And a man I’m going to be. I remember… What comes next. Time connections, hold the line, Let the current carry me. There’s a lifetime in the wire, And a man I used to be. Time connections… Hold the line… Time connections… Hold the line…