as we run over the limits
of speed and slumber
where technology beats tradition
hands down
and free....
eyes-stuck...
heads-bowed.....ears-plugged,
fingers walking over screens
and oceans
between heartbeats
tweets stomping like clydesdales
over tradition,
kicking phone booths, kiosks
and cubicles
to the curb
with todays news prints
rendered extinct by noon
yesterday
if you paused...
for the cause
of a caffeine boost
or to order chinese take-out,
you missed 10,000 updates
and between styrofoam sips
and chopsticks clutching
greased chicken strips
you play ketchup
but catch only
white-collar stains
and steamed rice grains
on your laptop
in your haste
and compulsive
obsession
to keep pace with
the text-generation
when you could've
been flipping through the
times back in '89
but that would make you
a dinosaur
~ P
(7/27/2013)
Jul 26, 2013
Jul 26, 2013 at 7:15 PM UTC
as we run over the limits
of speed and slumber
where technology beats tradition
hands down
and free....
eyes-stuck...
heads-bowed.....ears-plugged,
fingers walking over screens
and oceans
between heartbeats
tweets stomping like clydesdales
over tradition,
kicking phone booths, kiosks
and cubicles
to the curb
with todays news prints
rendered extinct by noon
yesterday
if you paused...
for the cause
of a caffeine boost
or to order chinese take-out,
you missed 10,000 updates
and between styrofoam sips
and chopsticks clutching
greased chicken strips
you play ketchup
but catch only
white-collar stains
and steamed rice grains
on your laptop
in your haste
and compulsive
obsession
to keep pace with
the text-generation
when you could've
been flipping through the
times back in '89
but that would make you
a dinosaur
~ P
(7/27/2013)
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