Alienated

Alienated

Finding myself
Opposite.

Replaced
By a stepmother
On Father’s Day.

Unfamiliar
With the responses
In the catholic church.
But familiar with the ecumenical language
Of Christ Episcopal.

Unable to muster
The mobile com;
Nostalgic for phone booth,
Landlines and quirky operators.

It isn’t even summer,
But the heat rises
To 105 and 115 degrees.
“Global Warming” seems too mild a term!

I schedule Sedona
To teach Calligraphy.
But they call it a ‘lost Art”
And banish Italic from the schools.
Seems we’re banned from flourishes!

Baking cookies
Used to be the last resort
For grounding.
Now we’re pushed out
As robots “chef” the kitchen:
Automatic invaders.
Chocolate chip cookies
Replaced by antioxidants.

Seems I’m just
An outdated label,
Making way for e-branding,
High surveillance
And texting blips!

U think?

2 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. Therese L. Broderick's avatar poetryaboutart
    Jun 29, 2012 @ 22:37:10

    from Therese L. Broderick — I try to keep up with the basics of new technologies, but I’m usually way way behind the norm. I, too, feel alienated sometimes. But I do support the great advantages of technological innovations.

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  2. jeannepoland's avatar jmpoland21van
    Jun 30, 2012 @ 10:14:53

    So today we have a wonderful rash of comments from my little e-poetry group with Therese.
    Yipee-kuy-yah!
    jeanne

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