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In the waiting room

no one looks at the TV

or the magazines anymore

six seats

all filled by people

staring at their phones

lost in electronic Disneyland

mesmerized by choices

they have the only thing they need

their trusty phones

like pocket knives of the past

everyone has one on them

and everyone pulls them out to use

as soon as they get a down moment

our phones are thin

our patience even thinner

and so we kill time

by staring at screens

tapping icons

thumbing texts

fixated by our phones

we are numbed

we are hypnotized

caught up in the web

swiped away by lethargy

controlled by our own phones.

 

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 2nd Nov 2018 11:30

I stick with my "dumbphone" - one that is used for calls and
texts only. Quite enough for me, thank you. Much younger
members of the family are all habitual users (patients?!)
of more complicated equivalents, like moths transfixed by
the light! I remain content in my own thoughts in any waiting room, with enough distraction provided by my
mental processes, let alone the behaviour of other people
in the room.

d.knape

Thu 1st Nov 2018 23:05

this is so good.

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Don Matthews

Thu 1st Nov 2018 22:07

In the waiting room I sits
Magazines give me the shits
Why? Cos they are out of date
12 months old way way too late

As for the telly what is on?
Footy, while you're waiting Don
Shit! again, no interest
Footy is to me a pest

Phone's antique, no screen, 3G
Not for watching life you see
So in the waiting room I sits
Watching all, 5G get it ?

Really liked this dk. We've let phones control us. That's why I have an antique one

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Taylor Crowshaw

Thu 1st Nov 2018 17:34

Here I am tip tapping my comment......on my phone...?

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Thu 1st Nov 2018 13:08

Knapey...managed to read this on my phone when I had a down moment (hoist by your own petard!)

d.knape

Thu 1st Nov 2018 13:03

A Phone Of Our Own.

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