We make a pair, my phone and me,
We get along (to a degree),
And when it does the things I want,
We sometimes even find detente!
But, sadly, I’m not tech adept,
And even when I think I’ve prepped,
I simply cannot get it to,
Perform the way I want. (Boo-hoo!)
And nothing makes me crazier.
I’d throw it in the brazier,
Except the darn thing cost a lot,
Let’s face it: I’ve no money pot.
And yet, I never leave it home,
I will turn back from where I’d roam,
To have it safely in my purse,
For emergencies…or worse.
And so we struggle on, we two,
At times, I’d make the air turn blue
If cursing was how I expressed,
My discontent or my distress.
In reading this, if you’re concerned,
Something significant I’ve learned,
(I think I’ve known it from the start…)
That only one of us is smart.
Sigh.
Photo Credit: Karen of bakinginatornado.com |
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So Karen, Charlotte, Mimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?
Topics for the next few weeks (with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)...
Telephone (or Say Hello Day) (March 7) Today!
Genius Day (March 14)
Celebrating Poetry (March 21)
Respect Your Cat Day (March 28) (Richard II's 1384 edict forbidding eating them.)
Imperfection (April 4)
Pets (April 11)
Juggling (April 18)
Brothers (April 25)
Babies (May 2)
Music (May 9)
Purple for Peace (May 16)
Turtles (May 23)
Memorial Day (May 30)
The phone! The ban of my existence.
ReplyDeleteMy phone and I rarely get along, but I have to admit I love that my kids are always able to reach me, the peace of mind balances out the frustration.
ReplyDeleteAh, the eternal dilemma of the phone, in poetry!
ReplyDeleteOh Diane, yes yes yes. This is me. Always. My son helps with the phone and I can't live without it. But Yes, it's smarter than me.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing worse than a technical problem way over my head (which is 90% of them). They make me crazy.
ReplyDeleteHehe, I'm smarter than my phone, as it is not a smartphone - I'm too clumsy, dropping it at least twice a week, so dumb-phones for me, please ;)
ReplyDeleteI love your poem and your crazy rhymes.
I love my iPhone, although I treat it like a camera that can text and make phone calls (so maybe that's why). Many of the apps that come with it are a mystery, so I can identify with you!
ReplyDeleteI'm not so tech savvy either, so I use my phone for calls and text messages and that's all. Sometimes I even leave home without it.
ReplyDeleteCleverly done! Your phone could not rhyme like this, so i think it knows who the smart one is.
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