Disengage

Covert under the duvet
I sputter-fire into the handset
on a mission of I don't know what.

"Ring the alarm", Clair would say
My friends work so hard
to keep me disengaged.

I am a Vodafone renegade
lobbing platitudes left, right
breezy in my aim.

The complexity of my language
increasing exponentially
every time I miss.