Left to his own
Devices
He was apped to cynicism
And awe of the most virtual of realities
Things looking up
People looking down
This poem touches upon one of my pet peeves: electronic devices preempting direct human contact and interfering with face-to-face communication. Quite naturally, layers of technology between humans lead to a degraded quality of communicating and form a barrier to paying full attention to the other person. That this catalyzes cynicism between people is no surprise to me. Of course, in this age of corporate and virtual persons, technology and “things” are looking up and real people are looking down. May you find yourself looking up and see another wondrous human eager to relate directly to you.
