Mirage

Matilda’s only a phone call away. Who’d have thought? Sexy voice too. Sophia Loren in her prime. Lollobrigida? Elizabeth Taylor … Maybe all three. Quite irresistible. Can you blame me for pressing all the numbers she wanted me to? Only her own phone’s gone dead. And my bank account is empty. Venezuela!

Fagin’s song
entertains the audience
no oscar

First published in failed haiku journal, Volume 9, Issue 104, November, 2024
© Dipankar Dasgupta