Had to go to the american embassy today. They have a strict policy on electrical items including phones, so I had to leave mine at home. It felt very strange, almost as if I had left a part of me behind.
So I wrote this about it.
Disconnected
"No phones allowed!" the letter said
"Inside this embassy"
Overcome with sense of dread
"Not have my phone with me?"
Sat on the train, I feel cut off
Alone now with my thoughts
Newspapers distract enough
Briefly glanced sports reports.
So much to say, but no way to.
I'm not used to this.
Had my phone since ninety-two,
Now it's the thing I miss.
No link to the "Twitterati"
No "How's it going there"
No "Please come to my party"
No one to say they care.
Who am I when I'm not online,
Left with myself only?
Do I cease to be somehow?
Am I an iPhoney?
Andy Best 08/10/2010
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I made this one rhyme, just for you sean. ;O)
ReplyDeleteAh - rhyming just for me! Funny how we feel when we are without mobiles these days. There is a certain addictiveness to checking twitter and FB, even sometimes at the exclusion to the people right in front of us! Like the idea of being an i-phoney! you're not though ;-)
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