ABC Wednesday, brought to you by the letter “T.” Also posted at Poets United, natch. My daughter is visiting, and this was composed in her honor, not to make fun! (And actually, her posture is better than this indicates. It’s a composite of the entire generation!) Amy
Techie Twentysomething
Got an IHop plugged in one ear
and a Blueberry hangin off the other
“Wii love the Tech Age and
text ’til our thumbs go numb.”
Shoulders slump from hauling backpacks
since second grade.
Laptop, pursewalletID, keys, cell sardine-crammed
(stash stashed in secret side pocket).
Turn on, tune in, drop out?
Plug in, click on, tune out.
© 2010 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
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vivinfrance
You’re absolutely right, but the stuff is getting smaller. Good fun poem.
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The stuff is so small, eventually we will have to have nails embedded in our fingers to do the tapping. It’s gross. I can’t even use my phone without my bifocals!! Amy
Tilly Bud
We’re heading for a generation of hunchbacks.
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How many times can one say, “Shoulders back” to a twenty-two-year-old girl???!!! AAARGH!
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I’m kind of behind the times. Don’t have a phone with a keyboard, and sometimes my thumbs lock up texting Riley!!
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Just don’t text so much that you walk into a fountain, like that girl in the mall on YouTube!!
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I had to chuckle myself at the “Wii” reference. Came out of nowhere!! I’ll hop over and see what you’re up to, and thanks so much, Lynette. I’m behind, too. Amy
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Thanks, Mad. TTYL, LOL! 🙂 Amy
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What a nice message to send to all of us humble servants! Thank you for keeping the blog going and providing the sidebar blogroll, where I always post pingbacks as well as encouraging folks to visit by linking them to “our poetic collective.” And 250 members? YOWZA! my
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AT least you probably have a push-button phone and not one with a dial like a clockface. Remember those? Ha ha, I’m so out of date, myself! Thanks, Renee! Amy
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Becca, I’m working on a sci-fi story, hoping my daughter will illustrate, about the Brave (or Foolish) New World, set about 20 years in the future, where even Granny gives in to the latest techno-hype!
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Ha, never a bad idea!! And speaking of that… 😉
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Alice, sorry I’m late in responding, but my post today explains why. I will definitely take a look at yours.
And, as a hopeful portent of the future, my daughter and I were traversing town today and she was on foot texting. She stopped for every crosswalk and kept her eye out for foot traffic. At least it’s a start! Amy
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You’re all thumbs? NOT all thumbs? Hmmmm…
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Jae, we are indeed having so much fun. And it’s not completely about my daughter… but close enough, LOL. Thanks, Amy
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Well, she does ride a bike. I just hope it’s not while she’s texting, LOL. Or is that really laughable? Probably not… worry, worry… I’m a mom!
Philip Thrift
Updated Timothy Leary!
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Ha ha ha! You got the last line! Thank you for this, and welcome to my little corner of the blogosphere. Now to see what you are up to, Philip! Peace, Amy
uponthewingsofnight
Oh how the last line describes the current generation. Many of them don’t have great handwriting because they’ve abandoned it in favor of texting, constantly texting. As an old school guy, I have never caught on to that and I never will.