Lunch Date
One thing I’d like that I will mention
is a bit of old-fashioned attention.
The kind with no device in hand
is the kind that I can stand
better than the sort with texting
minds caught in “before” and “next”ing
and not a thought for whom you’re with
until I’m sure that it’s a myth
that I’m the one you want to see,
even though you have invited me.
For though our table is for two,
you bring so many more with you–
every relative and friend.
Your texts to them just never end.
Our tete a tete‘s become absurd.
I never get to speak a word!
So there’s one thing I’d like to state.
Please cancel our next luncheon date.
The next time you desire a munch,
just take your iPhone out to lunch!
My prompt was “Old-fashioned Attention.” To get a prompt or see more JNW Prompt-Generated posts, go HERE.
Needless to say, there will be no sequel to this lunch date, but to see posts about sequels to movies, go here: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/missing-seqeuls/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Don’t you think it’s so sad that people can’t even take an hour away from their phones to make person-to-person contact with someone who is right in front of them?
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Yes…I do. We are just trapped by these mesmerizing devices.
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That’s it exactly! Mesmerizing! People are literally in thrall to their phones!
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It will pass… but maybe not in our lifetime.
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Love it!
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I’m waiting for people to get tired and bored with electronic communication — constantly. I keep my cell off most of the time. It never interrupts anyone because it never rings 🙂
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❤ ❤ ❤
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Beautiful rhyming poetry. I dislike all these cell-phone and tablet addicts. I keep my phone only for receiving or making special calls and for taking photos. And, of course, for awakening me at 6 am. that’s all.
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Me, too, and what’s more I don’t know how to do most of those things, so that curtails my use further.
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Funny and scary at the same time. Soon there will be ‘Texting Only” tables.
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Ha!!! I love it. And..now that the entire restaurant is a “No Smoking” section, they can replace it with a “No Texting” section.
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Smooth rhythmic tones! Great posting. 🙂
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Reblogged this on topicgenerator.
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Love this. Not that I’m never the one on my phone too much, but I tend to try to keep it tucked away in my purse if I’m out with a friend.
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