Unplugged
Where wires neither bind nor run
no LEDs compete with sun
and ringtones won't choke open air
and no screens dazzle with their glare
where ads can never boom or barge
and batteries exact no charge
no memories require cards
and no distraction disregards
where touch transcends a haptic tap
and information knows no cap
no privacy needs sacrifice
and no response demands device
where access asks no secret words
and tweets have but to do with birds
no search returning random sites
and nothing slimmed to bits and bytes:
there you'll find me, analog, attending nature's dialogue
without AI or pixels bogged in simulated streams and fog,
sans apps, with no encrypted key augmenting this reality:
out here, less technology, it's world and me, unplugged and free.
Unplugged © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
View this poem at AllPoetry.com
Revised. 20 lines (four last longer lines might wrap); Retreat challenge (my interpretation: a retreat from the utterly digital lifestyle) - prompt link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2728824-Retreat
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My first draft of poem (~3 hours ago) for comparison:
Where no wires bind and run
or LEDs compete with sun
or ringtones choke the open air
or screens bedazzle with their glare
or advertisements boom and barge
or batteries exact a charge
or memory requires card
or distractions disregard
or touching comes to haptic tap
or information has a cap
or privacy turns sacrifice
or response demands device
or access asks for secret words
or tweets have naught to do with birds
or searching returns random sites
or all comes down to bits and bytes:
there you'll find me, analog, attending nature's dialogue
without AI or pixels bogged in simulated streams and fog,
sans apps, with no encrypted key augmenting this reality:
out here, less technology, it's world and me, unplugged and free.
Submitted: July 23, 2019