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Land Lines

Many people do not have
A land line anymore.
With cell phones, they can’t understand
Just what that line is for.

My answer is it feels much better
Cradled by my ear;
And always, the connection’s
Static-free and crystal clear.

Extensions help when two of us
Must both be on the call.
A cell has speaker phone, but that
Is not the same at all.

A land line is a dying breed,
Like VCR’s and books;
Admitting that you have one
Might just earn some startled looks.

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  1. Date: 1/28/2013 10:43:00 AM

    Ilene...I LOVE your work! So very different than mine! :) That's why I find it so intriguing. Beautiful and true!

  1. Date: 1/28/2013 5:47:00 AM

    the passing of time, era's, comfort zones,, they are all here ilene,, again history will thank you for these poems that you write.

  1. Date: 1/27/2013 7:12:00 PM

    What is a "land line"? I found your poem intresting. What do you think of my new one - "After Goldfinger"? B'Shalom Matthew Anish

  1. Date: 1/27/2013 6:15:00 PM

    I still have the land line phone, lol. It's connected to my modem through cable as I have the phone with the cable company. I did not want to switch out the modem and have to connect everything. Plus I don't get the discount on the bundle (phone, cable, internet) if I don't have the phone. So it will stay. Love it, Ilene :)

  1. Date: 1/27/2013 5:09:00 PM

    hahaha. we have like four phones in our house in addition to the damn cell phones. I wish joe would just get rid of them. they cost us too much but yes, I love h ow you can hear better thru them than with cell phone. My cell phone is making me feel like I am going deaf. ahha. good poem.