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Before Computers

Do you remember before computers
We actually spoke with each other
We cared whenever our kids got sick
And knew the address of our mother

Today we sit at our laptops all day
Surrounded by dirty old dishes
Wearing clothes from two weeks ago
Smelling like a kettle of fishes

What is this crazy old world coming to
Lost sight of the things that matter
Like how many kids we had at last count
Or that we're thirty pound fatter!

We sit like a proverbial bump on a log
Our words incoherent and slurred
All kinds of animals are running about
Your pet cat just ate your pet bird

Maybe one day in a decade of two
They'll discover what once was a human
Propped in front of an ancient computer
In his ears petunias will be bloomin'

Copyright © Jack Ellison | Year Posted 2023

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Speaks Volumes Date: 3/12/2023 12:34:00 PM Jack I loved your poem, but I loved John Lawless's comment more ! Is that allowed ? Login to Reply

John Lawless Date: 2/27/2023 9:51:00 AM I always enjoy going to the store, paying in CASH. And just for fun when the bill is $4.25 giving them $5.25 and watching them go into mathematical terror. Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 2/27/2023 10:03:00 AM (Big chuckle John Lawless!) Going to store was the highlight of my day back then! Buying something new I didn't have before! Exciting!

Tom Cunningham Date: 2/27/2023 7:24:00 AM They were the good old days Jack, now everything is done by phone and computer. Got to our local store one day and because their computer was down had to close the store, unbelievable, why couldn't they do it like the old days, good old one on one contact. Remember the millennium bug, they said planes would drop out of the sky, banks would lose money, what happened? nothing. Man is an idiot. Tom Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 2/27/2023 7:41:00 AM I remember it so well!!! We're still here, still smiling! The good old days eh... planes are still flying... man is STILL(xomhfagv) an idiot! Trump???? Putin????

Daniel Turner Date: 2/27/2023 6:58:00 AM Agreed Jack. The internet has ruined mankind but had it not been that it would have been something else. We're not really that bright. Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 2/27/2023 7:20:00 AM You sure got that right! We are destined to eventually destroy ourselves! :( Uh speak for yourself there Sir Daniel! LOL I'll still be around writing these fabulous pieces of creative! Are you having a good day?