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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Standby Power
Standby alarm clocks
to give us our morning wake up
Standby coffee machines
to brew the day's first cup
Standby answering machines
to screen and never miss a call
for our convenience
standby all
Standby washers
for our weekly loads
Standby dryers
to instantly have dry clothes
Standby microwaves
for the slim times we choose to cook
for our convenience
standby nuke
Standby TVs
for the eventuality that something
we might want to see is shown
Standby DVD players
for the handful of times
we movie at home
Standby radios
to listen to some late night show
for our convenience
standby grows
Standby fax machines
for everything that requires great speed
Standby copiers
to duplicate anything we might need
Standby PCs
the whole world on our desktop
for environmental reasons
standby stop
©2008 Fenny
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Comments
isnt it amazing the things that have become must have items in just our life time??????
this was fun to red,, almost a trip down memory lane......
Posted by: paisley | Sunday, May 04, 2008
This was a great read, very original.
I especially like your last line summing up, "stand-by stop".
We really do have a lot of gadgets and machines at our disposal don't we? I'm thinking that a week without any of them might be a good idea, now and then. I guess that's why camping continues to be so popular, as long as you leave the 'toys' at home, right!!! :
Posted by: Geraldine | Monday, May 05, 2008
I am as guilty as anyone, but we sure do allow technology to rule our lives.
Posted by: Scott | Wednesday, May 07, 2008
The best way of saying it I've heard in long time. A lot of people would have consciously or unconsciously turned it into a moralistic rhyme, but you kept the flavour alive while knowing where to draw the line... that's difficult (I'm suddenly finding writing anything is difficult?!!?)
Loved it.
Posted by: Ayesha | Wednesday, May 14, 2008