I liked her dad He was an interesting guy preached all day long about smartphone addiction while his daughter was on her smartphone, ignoring him “A human life,” he was saying. “Controlled by a piece of plastic with lights. A destiny completely determined by a machine designed by corporations to become god, to claim souls. How blind, how utterly and impossibly blind a whole generation of human beings can be. To willingly subject themselves to slavery like that. Their thumbs and fingers always tap-tap-tapping that screen as if trying to break their soul free from beyond. But it never happens. You cannot break a door by merely knocking on it...” “Whatever, dude,” said his daughter with the phone before her face He shook his head and then looked at me. This time I too was looking at my phone. “I see she has corrupted you too,” he said. “Shame. I was hoping it could be the other way around just for once.” I let the phone down. “Me? Oh no, I was just checking my e-mail. I've sent some poems to a bunch of publishers and was hoping to see a reply or something.” “Hm, and is there any reply?” he asked “No,” I said He nodded. “How about a beer?” “Sure. Thanks.”
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Ooh, I love this! The casual and conversational tone flows very well and realistic. I really enjoyed reading it.
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Thanks for checking it out, Lucy!
Much appreciated 🙂
Here’s a text emoticon obsessively checking his phone :)))
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His name is Steve. He’s been battling this addiction since seventh grade :))
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Nicely written Bogdan. Easy conversational style. I like it……
Poor Steve..I don’t have a smartphone. Just addicted to my computer and poetry. Am I headed for trouble? ……
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Thanks, Don!
And don’t worry about where you’re heading.
You can only meet with trouble if you stop. As long as you keep going, you’ll be fine!
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My mind refuses to let me stop. Isn’t it nice?……
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Oh, it is perfect ( ´-ω・)
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errr…the slavery to the tech, it can be a maddening excuse for humans to NOT truly connect.
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(つ▀_▀)つ True. The evolution of phones evolved our means to connect, but not our disposition for it.
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nice and sarcastic poem; I liked it and it talks about the generation and technological gap in a velvet and soft style
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ヽ(•‿•)ノ Thank you, Ziad. Very much appreciated 🙂
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regards from Beirut, Bogdan……gd luck
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Made me laugh!
The daughter’s reaction and no word from the publisher.
Too painful to cry about.
Awesome writing. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
One day I’ll get that word from some publisher. One day… (´◡`)
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It will happen. For sure. 🙂
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This is one of the best poems I have ever read. I mean it.
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Many thanks for checking it out, Bob! ٩( ^ᴗ^ )۶
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You’re welcome. So relatable!
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Well done.
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Thanks, Andrew (ツ)
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