As expected, when rail came in, <br />Family closeness increased. <br />But it wasn't from the ease of getting together, <br />It was from the ease of getting apart. <br /> <br />The thought is: a great mind of the past <br />Would have been much greater <br />Had it not been cluttered <br />With what can now be retrieved from machines. <br /> <br />Mind you: a smart-phone-pioneer-mind <br />Will one day be seen as a one-finger-typist <br />By the future computer <br />Into which it will have evolved. <br /> <br />And that advanced mind will have more conversation <br />With the cluttered minds pre external-smart <br />Than with the mind of its direct ancestor <br />Tap-tap-tapping away, up-to-date at the time, <br /> <br />But not connecting anywhere near as fast as its forbears <br />or whatever it became, <br />The difference in ease of putting together <br />Driving relations apart.<br /><br />douglas scotney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/smart-phone-junction/
