OctPoWriMo2021 Day 1: Obsolescence

OctPoWriMo.com seems to be inactive. I am currently working through the book The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop by Diane Lockward. That is where I am getting my inspiration in lieu of prompts.

Obsolescence

To hang on to that landline—
isn’t that proof that you’re old-fashioned
behind the times.
You have an iPhone
graciously accepted when your daughter got an upgrade.
You like the GPS
enjoy asking Siri for help.
But when you want to talk to a friend
you grab the landline
force of habit.
You tell yourself
it’s so people can reach you in an emergency
when your smartphone’s charge is low.
But secretly
you don’t trust information
residing in cyberspace.
Your identity could be stolen
your finances compromised.
What if the system goes down?
Technology is wonderful
enhances life.
But you’re the person you’ve always been
analog to the end.

©ARHuelsenbeck

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lifelessons on October 1, 2021 at 4:53 pm said:

I keep my landline to call my iPhone to find it when I lose it. Daily!

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- Andrea R Huelsenbeck on October 1, 2021 at 9:25 pm said:
  
  Yes! It’s great for that! LOL!
  
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bcparkison on October 1, 2021 at 4:55 pm said:

LOL…I did give up my land line when I decided keeping both was just too costly. May have been a mistake…Time will tell.

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- Andrea R Huelsenbeck on October 1, 2021 at 9:29 pm said:
  
  Every month I wonder if I should just–cut the cord. The only people who call my landline (other than people who have been my friends for more than 20 years) are “realtors” offering to buy my house and Social Security telling me my number’s been deactivated because of fraud.
  
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TammyB on October 2, 2021 at 4:16 am said:

I noticed on IG that Dragon willow said she was traveling and hoped to have the prompts up. I will check back and see. I pulled out my poetry book too! Just volume one! Lol

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ghostmmnc on October 2, 2021 at 1:36 pm said:

I still haven’t seen any word of the challenge, so I’m just adding poems to another Halloween challenge this time.
I like yours about phones. I have a cell phone, mostly for texting my daughters, and taking photos! My husband refuses to get one. We still have our land line, too. Still, too many robo and telemarketing calls. 🙂

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