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<\/p>\nIn response\u00a0to my last blog post, I received\u00a0this lovely poem from Gavin Miller.\u00a0 Thank you Gavin!<\/p>\n
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Today I left my phone at home
\nAnd went down to the sea.
\nThe sand was soft, the ocean glass,
\nBut I was still just me.<\/p>\n
Then pelicans in threes and fours,
\nGlided by like dinosaurs,
\nAn otter basked upon its back,
\nAnd dived to find another snack.<\/p>\n
The sun corpuscular and bright,
\nCast down a piercing shaft,
\nAnd conjured an inspiring sight
\nOn glinting, bobbing craft.<\/p>\n
Two mermaids rose up from the reef,
\nOut of the breaking waves.
\nTheir siren song was opium grief,
\nTheir faces from the grave.<\/p>\n
The mermaids asked a princely kiss
\nTo free them from their spell.
\nI said to try a poet’s bliss.
\nThey shrugged and bid farewell.<\/p>\n
The sun grew dark and sinister,
\nIn unscheduled eclipse.
\nAs two eight-headed aliens
\nDescended in their ships.<\/p>\n
They said the World was nice enough
\nBut didn’t like our star.
\nAnd asked the way to Betelgeuse,
\nIf it wouldn’t be too far.<\/p>\n
Two whales breached far out to sea,
\nAnd flew up to the sky,
\nThe crowd was busy frolicking,
\nAnd didn’t ask me why.<\/p>\n
Today I left my phone at home,
\nOn the worst day, you’ll agree.
\nIf only I had pictures,
\nIf only you could see.<\/p>\n
Not everything was really there,
\nI’m happy to confess,
\nBut I still have the memories,
\nWorth more than tweets and stress.<\/p>\n
Today I left my phone at home,
\nI had no shakes or sorrow.
\nIf that is what my mind can do,
\nIt stays at home tomorrow.<\/p>\n
By Gavin Miller<\/p>\n
For more on phone addiction and it’s effects see my article: How Your Smartphone Is Making You and Your Teenager Dumb and Depressed!<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.doctorgavin.com\/Writing\/Poetry.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In response\u00a0to my last blog post, I received\u00a0this lovely poem from Gavin Miller.\u00a0 Thank you Gavin! Breaking phone addiction, a poem Today I left my phone at home And went down to the sea. The sand was soft, the ocean … Continue reading