One New Notification

One New Notification

A sudden vibration interrupts

Billie Joe Armstrong

just before the chorus

of Shenanigans' fourteenth track.

My Blackberry Pearl decided

to inform me

of one new notification

from Hotmail.

Annoyed, I hurriedly

scroll to the interference

to check what was soo important

breaking news:

CNN Breaking News

-- U.S. Military launches missiles against Gadhafi's forces in Lybia ...

With a slight grin,

I press Resume Song

with a new appreciation

for Mike Dirnt.

Reviews

[Desert Dreamer]

I do wonder if all the modern gadgets desensitize us to the horrors going on in the world such as war, and those same devices deliver news to us. A crazy world we live in. An interesting perspective, I enjoyed reading.

[Ruth]

And another trial of mass murder is being carried to replace one dictator with another, still, there is always the media hype that we are conditioned to believe! Thought provoking piece xx

[Joshua Smit]

I really like this piece, the whole libya thing is really close to home for me...
i love this way of associating current affairs with everyday life emotions and activities :D

[Thea Fuentebella]

peculiar piece this is :)

[Coyote Poetry]

World going crazy. We need to find peace somewhere. I like the set-up of this poem. Hard to escape the bad news of the day. Some peace in listening to music. A excellent poem.
Coyote

[Kevin Vorshak]

Interesting piece combining the Libyan attack with members of Greenday. Music has a way of taking us where we want to be.