News on reels, envelopes sealed with spit
new was last month or a week gone by.
Today it interrupts my present,
becomes a never ending loop.
Sunday drives with i spy and the license game
morphed into get-me-there robots.
Talking heads decapitated
into monotone maps.
Family restaurants turned mausoleums.
Mommy, daddy, Ashley and Drake
eyes down and mouths shut.
Thumbs talk…with imaginary friends.
Paris in Paducah and Chicago too,
a world of twitter and bird shit.
Color me shrink wrapped
and struggling to breathe.
In response to dVerse Poets Pub, December 17 prompt. Write about the times we have lived in – describe the life of the decades you have gone through. Free-write whatever comes to mind and then create your poem around those ideas. Cut it down but keep that raw feeling from your initial free-write.
The world can sometimes seem to shrink upon us… Aleppo in our living room. I wonder if it’s better to just cut the cord sometimes…
LikeLiked by 1 person
…yep…always good to have an unplugged day or two!
LikeLike
Twitter and bird shit — cracked me up. 🙂 >
LikeLiked by 1 person
Color me smiling too. Happy to make you smile!
LikeLiked by 1 person
That bird shit made me smile ~ But how about having some good real face to face conversations ~ I make sure when we have our family time that phones and stuff on the never ending loop- are off ~
Enjoyed this one Lillian and thanks for joining us ~
LikeLiked by 1 person
Face to face in real life; letters that take time to write; dinners at round tables exchanging views; and listening to care rather than pipe in….all, in my mind, so important.
LikeLike
Shrink wrapped – it does seem as if many times we are all jumbled together in one package. I rarely look at facebook and never do twitter. Bird shit indeed – family times are phone off times – never at meals, etc. TV is off as well – no Aleppo invading our space. I am always pleased when the world is kept outside and I am not feeling claustrophobic from being in that shrink wrapped space. Good observation about these times – eyes down and thumbs conversing with imaginary friends.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks for the attentive read….and so glad you liked it!
LikeLike
Love those last two lines! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Glad!
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂
LikeLike
i have to say..
the alternative
to social
media
might
be TV..
Interacting
at all might
be better
than just
watching
just watching
and never going
out of the home at all..
even online.. ugh.. and
yes.. as a disabled shut-in
for 66 months
online is an
incredible
blessing
to those
who would
otherwise
be all alone
except for a
TV that never
hears any
human
sign language
at all.. but yes..
flesh and blood is best
and a dance connects best
with even the foggiest
of eyes
stuck
in screens
below.. yeah
look up.. that crazy
Metro Dancing Dude
is at it again.. but the
point is.. yes.. they look up..
dance.. the nuclear modern
option against
online..
a trick and
treat for people
heads who lose
soul and heart
of
body
voice
spirit dead
as alive ugh
scream
of
screen
lost in
a scariest
Twilight Zone
movie ever
then.. real
now..
a cage
of human
being 4 to
5 inches
smAll..
reality now.. more
scary than the
scariest
movie
then..
unwitting
of course..
for most.. NOW..
guinea pigs
in a
social
experiment
where they are
both scientist
and guinea
pig
too..now..ughx2..;)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Most definitely the media holds a dear place for those who not leave their homes or nursing homes or hospital beds. It can be their connection to the world, their family and friends. It does have its benefits.
My fear is for those who are out and about, younger folks who rely on technology so much that the aspect of human interaction is lessened and the skills of negotiation and sharing and developing friends, rests with their thumbs and a screen.
Thank you for your careful read, and pointing out the other side.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Smiles.. I agree.. And Happy Holidays with best new wishes..:)
LikeLiked by 1 person