Sunday, March 22, 2009

Lay off of my Bluetoothed shoos


I see a guy walking
down the outside mall, talking
to no one. Then, I see the small
appliance in his ear.

I hear a guy sitting
in a café seat beside me, talking
to a computer screen — Is it me
he's talking to?
Then, I
know that on the other side
of his head there must be an
appliance in his ear.

I know the guy sitting
across the table, talking
to no one. But he's not able
to stop — He's off his meds, perhaps? —
since I know
          there is no
appliance in his ear.


2 comments:

  1. That last bloke was probably me, Phil. I often get the feeling I'm talking to myself. Your little poems with their clevernesses and time travel voice blending are very cool.

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  2. Thanks!

    The closer one gets to downtown urban areas — in Dallas, for example — the more you see examples of people (mostly men) walking, talking (without "an appliance in their ear") to "someone".

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