Today

 

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We friended on Facebook,

Scrolled down our profile pages.

Lived together in a virtual world.

Our images and websites we shared

With Instagram incisiveness.

 

Meet all my friends.

Block any you do not like.

All busy we are, doing nothing.

Like if you agree.

 

Laptops were not enough.

Users subscribed to Smartphones,

Iphones, and God knows what.

Google them if you wish.

 

And if you like my words

Retweet them.

But beware!

I now use words like lol,

And even WTF!

Hehe.

 

Sometimes I multitask,

Flicking TV channels

Like a Subbuteo striker –

Gone virtual by now I guess.

Flicking and flipping while I scroll

My laptop page.

 

I make new tabs

As I message many friends:

Emoticons exploding

All along the way.

 

I’m Tivo-boxing clever

All the time,

King of my domain.

 

So get your VDU lit up

And monitor my words.

Download my thoughts

Into your memory banks.

 

I hope this all computes.

 

Paul Butters