I call
the number
that I dialed
so many times.

I hear a beep..
and then another
beep.. a-many
beeps.. arranged
predictably in time.

Alas, we never know
how many beeps..
are left.
before our call
they finally
maybe accept?
But is it really
beeps.. ad infinitum

when the number
you have dialed
belongs to Death?