Thank You Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham
Rang a Bell when he said
Mr. Watson, come here
In 1876

With no earthly idea
Of what was to come
How we live today
With cell phones up our butts 

Wherever you turn
Someone's talking or texting
At every red light
While the green one is resting

And let's not forget
The in your ear bluetooth craze
People talking out loud to themselves
Like we all care what they say

Or out and about
At a table for four
Where each cell phone in hand
Is the only thing not ignored

It does make you wonder
What Alexander would do
If he saw his seed planted
Producing this rotten fruit

Perhaps then Alexander Graham
Would ring that Bell in history
And say Mr. Watson, come here
Help me destroy this thing!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Turner Avatar
August 15, 2016 at 3:13 PM
AGREED!!! We used to get along just fine without them(cellphones). Great write Mike!
Hoffman Avatar
August 15, 2016 at 8:47 AM
Your poem made me smile because when walking at a park yesterday everyone had their heads downward looking at their cell phones instead of watching where they were going!:)
Gangabissoon Avatar
August 15, 2016 at 8:41 AM
I say, great words...indeed we have evolved from the time the first telephone was invented...and its true we cannot live without this device :)A.G
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