{"id":2630,"date":"2017-01-11T16:47:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T21:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2017-01-11T16:47:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T21:47:42","slug":"poem-left-to-his-own-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/11\/poem-left-to-his-own-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Left To His Own Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Left to his own <\/strong>
\nDevices<\/strong>
\nHe was apped to cynicism<\/strong>
\nAnd awe of the most virtual of realities<\/strong>
\nThings looking up<\/strong>
\nPeople looking down<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Our<\/a>This poem touches upon one of my pet peeves: electronic devices preempting direct human contact and interfering with face-to-face communication. \u00a0Quite 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. \u00a0That this catalyzes cynicism between people is no surprise to me. \u00a0Of course, in this age of corporate and virtual persons, technology and “things” are looking up and real people are looking down. \u00a0May you find yourself looking up and see another wondrous human eager to relate directly to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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