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THIS IS THE LIFE
by John W Townsend → (All Poetry by John W Townsend)
Friday, September 15, 2017    Rated "PG" by the Author.
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A sarcastic look at life then and now.


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A long time ago

way back when,

people had money

not much maybe

but cash in the hand,

enough to get by for some

save a little

for others.

A friendly smile

a wave of the hand

no not an Emoji

from Japan.

Maybe it's time

not enough,

too much too little

a lack of trust.

Most attributes

of being content

have been neglected

or lost to a river of I want's.

Live on credit

die in debt

no time for 'How are you.'

more 'Dont tell me, I know.'

So heads are down

affixed to mobiles

no one cares

or looking where they go.

Social media gives you friends

thousands of them

some with funny names,

most of whom

you have never met

yet you send them a picture

of your dressed up Cat.

You drift to Youtube

find out when

the end of the world

is about to begin,

then find a course on

Hypnoprickles

so you sign up

just for a giggle.

Then you wonder

how did they exist

in that world

way back when,

you've got it made

what more do you need

this is the life

you believe.

 


 


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 Reviews of "THIS IS THE LIFE"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on September 20, 2017
I'M 72, SO YOU 'KNOW' WHAT I'M THINKING; COME, LORD JESUS, COME! UNTIL THEN...WE ARE KEPT BY THE MERCY AND GRACE OF GOD...IN THIS OUR LIFE! THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH..JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Susanne Leist
Reviewed on September 16, 2017
Life on the internet is make-believe. As long as we realize their limitations, our devices won't rule our lives but only become outlets for our art and fantasies.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 16, 2017
For farmers way back then, it was dawn to dusk, sleep and then start all over again. Factory workers put up with terrible conditions and had their own Facebook lives at the corner bar. My parents were stars at the local Household Finance office, continually in debt and car poor.

New gadgets like electrical appliances and television sets were gobbled up in a race to see who was first to have them.

Ron

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on September 16, 2017
There is a world of difference between then and how as you purposefully lay out for us here in this poem. Ah, the way we were in light of the way we will be. Perhaps death isn't a bad thing. Who would want to live forever at the rate we are going.

PS: Love the picture by the way.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on September 16, 2017
I recall a much slower, simpler time, John, without gadgets ruling our lives, indeed the world


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