When she called to cancel
dinner, she offered
no excuse, said that
something had come up,
a phrase that got me
thinking
about the elasticity of truth.
I called her back,
hung up
before she answered,
knowing
that a missed call
can create a fresh truth,
one that begs
to be uncovered.
© Maurice Devitt
Maurice Devitt was runner-up in The Interpreter’s House Poetry Competition in 2017, he has had poems published in Ireland, England, Scotland, the US, Mexico, Romania, India and Australia, runs the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies site and is a founder member of the Hibernian Writers’ Group.
