Dec 18, 2011

Poet's Nook: "Tron" by Ursula Rucker











I was thinking
I want to do away with
the Technology Section of the newspaper
All talk of new-fangled/bigger/faster thingamajigs
I want the world to slow down

                                    look around
                                          take notice
To who's standing /living /breathing /struggling
Right next to you 

And i know this sounds like a naive old-fashioned pipe dream 
But I just can't stand how machines move forward
                      while people stand still


Are cell phones gonna bring about world peace?
Or stop the negative shit that happens in the street?
I realize we cannot escape or halt technological advance
But can we balance humanity with machinery?
Can we find a way to talk /to see /to spend time with each other
                         face to face
                        voice to voice
                        heart to heart
With no gadgets as the middlemen?


Can we find that...find ...balance between machinery and humanty?
Can we......can we......can we.......find that... find... find balance
Between machinery and humanity?


Can we......???


OneLove


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