Friday, February 26, 2016

Time flies, On My Watch



My watch is too old for these times;

It would sit idle on my wrist

Refusing to calculate my pulse

Or show me a map to the nearest doctor


lest I fall behind.

It is powered by ideas of men long dead,


Not solar energy as I had hoped.

Finally, I had to abandon it

because it kept only time.


Now,


I grow old

With every application upgrade.

I grow old

With every software update.

I grow old

With every Apple event.

I grow old

With every accelerating net download.

I grow old

With every DP I upload.

I watch myself grow old

With every old watch I own.