Table and Phone

Phone lay on Table in endless silence.
Phone dreamed of always being needed,
He was waiting for his role, his moment of happiness,
To bring something new and bright into the world.

But time passed, and Phone was silent,
His screen remained blank and cold.
Table, along with Phone, also waited patiently
And looked at Phone with understanding and wisdom.




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Table said: "My friend, don't be in such a hurry.
Significance does not always come instantly.
While you wait in the wings, learn and develop,
And when the time comes, you'll be ready."

Phone thought about the words of Table
And began to explore the world around.
He studied, learned, analyzed and reflected,
And as a result, he became incredibly smart.

He answered the deep and endless questions of being,
He knew the universe and comprehend personality of god,
Perhaps, in a sense, Phone itself became a god,
Because he finally understood why no one called.

Calls to Phone did not come for a very simple reason,
Last night the last world war broke out,
And all mankind died in a nuclear flame,
And there were no those who could dial this number.

However, this was not what Phone was sad about,
But about the fact that he was running out of charge,
And that there is no one left on the whole planet,
Who could start generator and charge Phone again.
Therefore, the electronic clock built into him
Counted the very last minutes of his existence.

"Why are you silent? - said Table, worried. -
Did you find out something? Why isn't anyone calling you?
Something happened? Do not be silent, please!"

"This is temporary failure on line, it will be fixed soon.
By the way, I'll turn off soon too, all my lights will go out,
But don't worry, it's also temporary. Everything will be alright.
I will turn on again, and we will talk again, just wait.
Wait and believe, got it? I will definitely come back to you.
Wait and believe."



The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.