Play it again, Sam

Play it again, Sam

 

 

Facebook symphony

stranded friends with violin faces

 

like notes, like notes, like notes

percussion unfriends

 

the beat of life now

friend, like, delete

 

Facebook symphony

gets standing ovation

 

as we rise to leave the computer

to reboot,

 

wishing we could reboot our lives

to simplicity

and return to a time

when we could actually see and hear

those violin faces

 

string us along

live

rather than in our little YouTube 

 

auditorium

with a seating capacity of one

and really bad acoustics.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/7/19

Reviews

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Wonderful musical metaphors Jacob. “Violin faces..string us along”- truth! You show us the vacuousness of accumulating and discarding myriads of electronic so-called “friends” (One-dimensional “notes”) on social media. Friends become dispensable while we sit alone and contemplate..what?? I too miss the days of face-to-face “unplugged” acoustic relationships. Great write,

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, unplugged, exactly...oh those days.
thank you, Annette,
j.

[NotUsinganymore]

Very interesting poem about technology and social media. I actually find social media good since I can talk to my freinds who live in different countries,

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I am glad that it works for you JungLee...
thank you for your response,
j.