Communication

[dara.cv]

With so much on my plate
there wasn't an empty space for fufilling conversation.

Out the door I was carrying so much
that my phone fell to the floor and shattered
into the 101 calls I was going to miss
and would have to tack onto the tally of returns.

At the bustop, everyone had their ipads, iphones, ipods
and I had my "i"self,
with whom I was too busy with other people's important things
to pay attention to.

Brief "conversation" with my co-worker:
me:"I thinking of learning Arabic, Spanish, or Chinese online!
Oh gosh, I'm out of time, can we talk later?"
reply: "yeah, I'd love to, when are you available?"
me: "I'm not sure, ill let you know."


Another e-mail from Grandma. If I open it...I will have to reply.

After the end of the day
I could've decided to watch TV,
but I had spent most the day already staring at a monitor
and listening to the nonstop white noise of electronics .

So, instead I gracelessly fell to the couch
held my lover's hand and looked into his weary eyes,
we were both left speechless and too tired to listen anyway.

[YesNo]

Nice last stanza showing how one doesn't need verbal communication. I can see how someone who is used to having their phone would feel their life disrupted if it broke. The third stanza about the i self was interesting as well.