Inspired by a Lack of Communication wit the World for Two Weeks in January 2010
Remember when there was no enter-the-net
There was an immanent human connection
Remember when there were pay-the-phones on every corner
Cell phones and text messages have taken its place
Flash------------------------------------------------------------Back
Remember when there were no computers
Everybody had to write something
Remember when there were record albums and Cd’s
N The 21stcentury they were replaced with iTunes
Flash-----------------------------------------------------------Back
Remember when gasoline was .99cents
Today it reached $2.65 per gallon at Chevron
Remember when watching TV was free
Now you have to pay to have reception on the screen
Flash-----------------------------------------------------------Back
Remember at the grocery store everyone had to meet the cashier
Today you can avoid him or her and go to a self-check-out station
Remember when you had to buy rolls of film to develop pictures
Now photos are stored on a computer chip and printed immediately
Flash----------------------------------------------------------Back
Remember when you needed to talk to a bank attendant
Today you talk to a voice prompt named Alicia
Remember when it cost .50cent to ride the city-bus
Today it cost $1.00 for each trip with no transfer-slips
Flash----------------------------------------------------------Back
Remember at the airport you could just go through check-in
Now everyone is searched from head to toe for terrorism
Remember when you were hungry you could go to any local church to eat
For vittles you now have to accept their iconography
Flash------------------------------------------------------Back
Remember when the good ole’ days were just the good ole’ days
Today we have to go forward with no compass in view
Flash------------------------------------------------------Back
To music without lil’ wayne
Flash------------------------------------------------------Back
To food without additives
Flash------------------------------------------------------Back
To humanity with a personal connection
Flash------------------------------------------------------Back
To real love that Mary J. Blige sang about
Flash------------------------------------------------------Back
Submitted: March 06, 2010
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