21st Century Living
by Jowell Tan
there should be a word:
for that feeling you get
when you want to connect
but you have nothing to talk about;
for that text you receive
that leaves you no route of response
so you leave it and hope they don't get mad;
for that photo you see
of your friends at parties
and you wish so hard that you were with them;
for that "Like" from nowhere
that takes you by surprise
and you are unsure how to proceed;
there should a word for living
out of sync with the twenty-first century.
for that feeling you get
when you want to connect
but you have nothing to talk about;
for that text you receive
that leaves you no route of response
so you leave it and hope they don't get mad;
for that photo you see
of your friends at parties
and you wish so hard that you were with them;
for that "Like" from nowhere
that takes you by surprise
and you are unsure how to proceed;
there should a word for living
out of sync with the twenty-first century.
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Author's Note
a short one written after a long night
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I feel these things all the time *
"there should be a word:"
Interesting. But would a word help?
Enjoyed your poem.
Yes
Yes, there should be. *
You can't always get what you want. R.S.*