sometimes other people say things better...

"...cuz when one lone phone rang
in two thousand and one
at ten after nine
on nine one one
which is the number we all called
when that lone phone rang right off the wall
right off our desk and down the long hall
down the long stairs
in a building so tall
that the whole world turned
just to watch it fall..." - "Self Evident" by Ani Difranco

For the poem in it's entirety and the link to hearing it live, click here.