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The Mobile

The Mobile

A great invention we all believed, but in reality we were all deceived.

Twenty four seven we are now on call, it's now an expectation amongst us all.

Conversation has become historical, as the digital revolution becomes rhetorical.

Eye to eye contact was once the norm, the mobile revolution has put paid to it all.

It's far too late to turn the clock back, the youth of today would suffer a panic attack.

3G or 4G and synching galore, I'll admit I'm confused with the modern furor.

The future is scary and we must be wary, as family values become extinct and weary.

I'll end this poem right here and now as I've just had a text so feel the need to go.

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The Modern Day Coward ►

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<Deleted User> (13762)

Mon 11th Sep 2017 08:49

I ? my smartphone ?

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Stu Buck

Mon 11th Sep 2017 02:30

i like this. i am 32 and have owned one mobile in my life, a nokia 3210 which is sat on the mantelpiece having last been charged a few months ago so that i could play snake. vastly over-rated piece of technology, designed to make us feel connected while simultaneously dividing us as people.

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 10th Sep 2017 18:59

Much to agree with in this!
Useful for keeping track of a taxi, but otherwise I take the
view that a mobile phone is merely a modern imposition of ear-ache.

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