The Hamlet Project

Just come out and say it.
Don’t preface your news with
I have something to tell you or
You might want to sit down.
Just spill it.
It doesn’t matter if it’s clear,
It will become so, eventually.
Don’t wait.
And whatever you do
Don’t say “I have to talk to you”
Just talk
It’s like those people who leave messages
That just say
“call me.”
I almost always don’t
In that situation
I need to know the news now
I don’t want to guess at it.
Of course, if you just called to say
Hello
And just want to have a chat,
That’s good too. . .
But oh my goodness
There’s nothing like a short brusque
“Call me”
To make me think of tragedy and run the other way.