<the phone call>

For seven nights they've stayed on separate coasts. She watches her brother's baby in a sleepy seaside town. He clicks and curses in New York.
        Every night they phone each other. But tonight was different.
        Tonight they talked.
        They talked for hours. Like they used to talk when they were falling in love.
        Before they lived together.

They've decided to buy a string and two cans.

For when she gets back.