Friday, June 27, 2014

The VERIZON Pause

Data 
I have data 
I can write 

Verizon says so 

After the 25th 
Of the month 
U can again 
Communicate 
With friends -

Before that 
The cell phone becomes 
Quite useless -
Could use it as 
- a small square 
Coaster 
- a door stop for 
A mini door 
- not much else 

Did Shakespeare have such 
Problems ?
(Not comparing myself,
No way) 
But still- 
Hamlet would have 
Been on hold -
Romeo and Juliet 
Could have paused - 
Worked out their problems 
With the parents 
- married 
And been together long enough 
To 
- get on each other's 
Nerves 

Little Romeos running around screaming 
Pulling baby Juliet's hair 
Older Juliet trying to 
Get the laundry done 
- over the stove -
Becoming frayed and older 
Reaching menopause -

See what delights 
The "verizon pause" in 
      Writing 
Could 
Entail

Out out damned spot 
Becomes 
Oh heck 
 - Got to go back to counseling 
Again ! 

King Lear would get shortened 
- as a play - 
Which would probably not 
Be a bad thing 

But now 
(Forsooth) 
I must be gone 
For I have awaiting 
The dancing lesson 
Whether I would 
Or no . . .




Twins

U don't look at your cell phone 
     In the afternoon
I don't look at mine 
     In the morning 

U don't schedule things 
      Mid week
I don't schedule things 
      Weekends 

This may be 
      The perfect 
Relationship . . .

U will tell the establishment 
What is wrong 
With it -
Straight up 
In their faces -
I -
Never say a 
Word 

Other than that 
We have so much 
In common 

Other than that 
We r just like twins 

(Or not) . . .

People can be 
So 
Hard to figure 
Out 

I envy the hermits 
In the Himalayas 
Sometimes 

But even they
Have to have someone 
Bring them food 
-All the time-

And what if they 
Don't like 
The menu ? 
Who could they complain to ?
They r supposed to b
Desireless
By then. 

Wanting nothing 
Being nobody 
Nothing but 
Zen.