Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

With the Times

It doesn't pay to criticize
The world we see before our eyes
But I'll admit, it's very strange 
Accepting each not-needed change.

Alexa keeps your shopping list 
(A paper one has been dismissed)
And all the bills are paid online
(A mailer, stamped, did suit me fine).

The things we get from Amazon 
(To name them, I'd go on and on)
Once waited, shelved, within a store;
Such shopping trips exist no more.

You program music on your phone
(The CD player left alone)
And brand-new shows you get to stream
(TV's no longer reign supreme).

Yet what's the point if we complain?
There's nothing we can really gain.
We must adapt or we'll be linked
With others who've become extinct.

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Tom Cunningham April 13, 2019 at 12:37 AM A bit frightening for many, we seem to.be moving far too quickly with all these gadgets. Tom

Caren Krutsinger April 12, 2019 at 11:14 PM I remember when I saw my first "disc". It was in 1984. I had no idea what it was. The children of today have never seen a rotary phone or a record player. Technology moves so fast, we will probably be married to robots in ten years.

Gershon Wolf April 12, 2019 at 5:45 PM Oh, Ilene! This is so Manhattan. Come visit us hicks in Chicago, and you'll find cash everywhere, even at Starbucks, and retail parking lots full on weekends. Many of us would continue to pay some bills in envelopes if the USPO wasn't so unreliable here... That said, this is a wonderful poem --- message, rhythm and rhyme in perfectly syncopated time! :) gw Ilene Bauer April 12, 2019 at 6:00 PM Thanks, Gershon! This new idea of not paying in cash is mystifying to me...

Rico Leffanta April 12, 2019 at 2:31 PM WELL thought and said, Ilene! Aloha! Rico Ilene Bauer April 12, 2019 at 5:58 PM Aloha to you, too, Rico! Thanks for the visit...

David Mchattie April 12, 2019 at 11:59 AM Great poem. I've never bought anything on Amazon. I support local business. After all. They pay local taxes and wages. But I'm in the minority. Just a retail dinosaur. Ilene Bauer April 12, 2019 at 5:58 PM More power to you, David! I still love to shop in stores and don't have a clue about how to stream something. Thanks for stopping by...