Brain Cell

 My cell phone’s a necessity,

Without it, I just can’t be me!

My e-lec-tron-ic brain, oh, yes.

And so much more, I do confess.

No cell? The time—I would not know,

Couldn’t Google Map the way to go,

Be forced to grade six math so I,

Could add, subtract and multiply.

I couldn’t call a single friend,

(‘Cause I ‘select’ and then hit ‘send’.)

I would not even know the date,

For all appointments, I’d be late.

Go back to being ignorant

(Without Google, data’s scant.)

Could not take those wond’rous pics,

With which, my family, I transfix.

I couldn’t text, could not emote,

I couldn’t bake or sew or vote.

And don’t forget that cell phone spark

That keeps you walking in the dark.

For forty years, I did without,

I found my way, I did not doubt,

What do I miss with my long rant?

Being lost, alone and ignorant!