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Kitchen Landline

How lucky was I 
To be young at a time 
With no cellphones or Snap Chat
Just a kitchen landline
Coccooned in my own world 
Safe from IG
No clickbait or comments
Just my 3 speed and me
I'd ride thru the backwoods
My location unknown
No airtags or status 
Hiding from home
Didn't care about followers
About DMs or chats
Had my skates and my paper route 
My green visor hat
I do miss those days
Unaccounted and free
Cartoons ,Luke and Laura
On an antenna TV
I was so hard to get to
and unable to find
Just a weak chance of reaching
On a kitchen landline 














Copyright © Laurie Mahoney | Year Posted 2026

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Date: 4/21/2026 11:21:00 AM

My home even only had a rotary kitchen landline when I was a kid in the Eighties. I must say, though, that I would be lost without a cell phone.

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