Sinking Deeper
Welcome to Pasific Bell's Quick Serve
And thanks for holding
Welcome to Pasific Bell's Quick Sand
And thanks for holding, and holding, and holding
Onto nothing to hold onto
Thanks for just sitting there, waiting
Long after the elevator music is over
Your sinking deeper into the menu
Your memory of useless facts weighs you
Down, down, like cement boots
Waiting for some distant voice
To pull you out
For billing questions and payment arrangements
Press 2
Thank you
To confirm your entry
Press pound
To erase your entry
Press star
To confirm your turbulent entry
Into the starry atmosphere
POUND! POUND! POUND!
Your ear drumming
Your fingers drumming
To skip any part of this message
Press 4
To go back to any part of this message
Press 5
To remember this message press 6, 6, 6
Please enter your three-digit code NOW
Please enter your three-digit code NOW
By the way, your three-digit code is the number listed next to
your phone number
By the way, that's at the top of the page
By the way, that's on the left side
Of the most recent phone bill that you just threw out!
Please enter...
We're sorry, the number you have entered is not a valid number
Do you remember what you're supposed to do now?
Do you?
You're sinking deeper into the menu, now
To speak to a real live person
Press 2
To speak to a really dead person
Press 3
To speak to the living dead
Press 23
To speak to the Grateful Dead
Press your third chackra and go into a deep trance
Thank you
Hello, this is Nathan, your Pacific Bell Service Representative
How may I help you?
Hello, this is Nathan, your Pacific Bell Service Representative
How may I help you?
Help you
Help me
Help me
I'm sinking deeper
Into the menu
of Pacific Bell Quick Sand
Dolores Zombory
Copyright 1994
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