Yes, nothing like a power outage to get people back together, actually communicating with one another again.

But there's another side to it. They used to call it around here, "a shortage." Probably because a transformer shorted out. And I saw people in the streets. Jobless and just wandering around. Gambling but not chess. Sweating in the streets and waiting for something, anything, to come along and kill the boredom like a fight. so that gossip could begin again

Power outages do give me time to read the old-fashioned way while the sun shines and more sleep when it doesn't. For most of my life I have been a loner, so I don't engage in gossip on my phone or on the Internet.

Ron

Your insight is astounding when you write, love it :)

Scripted black glove poetry darling! Flipping the switch. Power generates chaos magic! Your birthday hasn't come yet, a little early. I have your present wrapped when the day comes! Priceless! Look under the bed! Zodiac and electricity equals sexual chemistry!

P.S. You don't have a brother. XX

Duo

So true Little Sis. I was having a conversation about this subject today. We have forgotten how to have a real conversation. Write On.

PS

Yes, an interruption such as a blackout has a volume of worth to anyone who has become entrenched in the digital age to the point of 'Digitism", the malaise of the age. So many have forgotten the rewards of person-to-person, eye contact, and conversation. Thanks for the reminder of what we need to keep in contact with.