We're forgetting the art of talking on the phone for hours and hours
It was better than texting because you could hear each other's voices
in near real time
without having to show oneself
Now you can hide your voice too
and overthink everything you say
It's texting or video chat
You're either the most remote
or as close as you can get
from a near human reaction
You're yourself after you think long and hard?
Not who you trained to be on impulse
Who trained me I wonder?
Me, commercials, parents, environment, or destiny
It's my goal to be a fractured self
that can immerse themselves in the entrails
of any one of these cubbyholes
Sep 16, 2017
Sep 16, 2017 at 11:26 AM UTC
We're forgetting the art of talking on the phone for hours and hours
It was better than texting because you could hear each other's voices
in near real time
without having to show oneself
Now you can hide your voice too
and overthink everything you say
It's texting or video chat
You're either the most remote
or as close as you can get
from a near human reaction
You're yourself after you think long and hard?
Not who you trained to be on impulse
Who trained me I wonder?
Me, commercials, parents, environment, or destiny
It's my goal to be a fractured self
that can immerse themselves in the entrails
of any one of these cubbyholes
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