Replace Me
Our heat and a/c units,
Which are mounted on the wall,
Have remote controls for every room,
Which workers did install.
The living room, since larger,
Has another cool device
With a touch-screen, though the room’s remote
Would certainly suffice.
Still, we were told to use the screen
Instead of the remote
To heat or cool that space and so,
We’ve listened to that note.
A tap relays the temperature
Or lets us then adjust
The way we want the air to flow
And it has earned our trust…
Until we found the screen gone blank.
New batteries did yield
A simple message, loud and clear -
“Replace me,” it revealed.
Imagine all our objects
With the power to command.
It feels like science fiction’s
Somehow gained the upper hand.
Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2024
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