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Possessed Cell Phone!!!!

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As you can see, my iPhone was far above my head and not in easy reach from my hand or any part of my body.

Okay… it has happened. Technology has taken over the world, at least at my house.  Two nights in a row, I have been awakened by my cell phone pinging and reached for it––over my head and behind me on the top of my table/headboard–– to find it has called a friend.  In each case, I was given an option to press 2 to disconnect and 3 to talk. I pressed 2, but a few minutest later, at 1:30 in the morning, the friend called me thinking I had an emergency as the phone woke them up twice and when they answered no one answered but they saw I had been the one to call. Then another friend was called at 5 a.m. the next day.

I did not have earbuds in…which some have said is how this can happen, although I don’t know how.  Neither of the friends my phone called were emergency contacts, although I had called them both within the past 24 hours.

The phone was far out of my reach and does not have sound activation other than for Siri.  What are your thoughts on the matter?

Old-Fashioned Attention for MVB prompt, Aug 22, 2024

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Lunch Date

One thing I’d like that I will mention
is some 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!
Since I’ve discovered you’ve come to see
your smart phone as more smart than me,
there’s just one thing I’d like to state.
Please cancel our next luncheon date,
and the next time you desire a munch,
just take your iPhone out to lunch!

FOR MY VIVID BLOG PROMPT: OLD-FASHIONED

No Longer in the Present

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No Longer in the Present

Seated around the table in our favorite cafe,
attention to each other has come to be passé
We are not present here and now. We’re all in other places
as we stare at tiny screens, intent on other faces.

The friends we have around us will simply have to wait
for our interest in the world-at-large to finally abate.
The news that’s happening elsewhere is simply more amusing
than what might be happening in this space our body’s using.

Other friends are funnier in their “selfie” poses—
pooching out their lips at us and scrunching up their noses.
It won’t do to look natural, we have to look unique
in the selfsame pose that all selfie-flashers seek.

So if your friends are boring, not half so chic as you,
you always have the option to make a Tweet or two.
Check out the latest fashions available from China.
They’ll only take three months to reach you here in Carolina.

Check out the weather in Tibet and give YouTube a glance.
Companions won’t distract you if you don’t give them a chance.
Living one life at a time no longer has to do
so long as you remember to have your phone with you!

So if you’ve dropped a French fry and spilled ketchup down your dress,
you needn’t be embarrassed. It couldn’t matter less.
Intent on Twitter, Instagram, Facetiming and Facebooking,
the friends with you won’t notice, for nobody is looking.

The prompt word is present.