This week, suddenly Google and Gmail were shut down for thousands

and the world was shocked and dismayed but soon

breathed a sigh of relief since now people

could finally speak to each other one on one in a personal sense

and hug one another in close proximity as they had never done before

and there was a sense of freedom since they would no longer be spied on

or threatened with banning or exclusion and having their data mined and

used against them without permission without notice without a legal premise

and so there was joy throughout the land as people turned off their phones

and came out of their houses and saw the trees and the sunshine and were

overwhelmed by the realization that there was still a real world exclaiming

in jubilation in wild celebration, Free at last, Free at last,

thank God almighty, we are Free at last.

 

And then....Google restored service.

and the slaves all went back to their phones.