Spoken Word

“Touchscreen” by Marshall Jones

Introducing the new Apple iPerson Apple picking has always come at a great cost.
complete with multitouch and volume control iPod iMac iPhone iChat:
doesn't it feel good to touch? I can do all of these things without making eye contact.
doesn't it feel good to touch? We used to sprint to pick and store blackberries.
doesn't it feel good to touch? Now we run to the Sprint Store to pick Blackberries;
it's scary.
My world is so digital I can't hear the sound of mother nature speaking over
that I have forgotten what that feels like; all this tweeting,
it used to be hard to connect when friends formed and along with it is our ability to feel as it's fleeting.
cliques, You would think these headphone jacks inject in the
but it's even more difficult to connect now that clicks flesh
form friends, the way we connect to disconnect
But who am I to judge? power on,
I face Facebook but we are powerless;
more than books face me they got us love drugged
hoping to Like e-pills,
book face-to-faces. so we E*TRADE,
I update my status email,
420 spaces e-motion,
to prove that I am still breathing; like e-commerce
failure to do this daily because now money can buy love
means my whole web wide world will forget that I exist, for $9.95 a month
but with 3,000 friends online- click
only five I can count in real life- to proceed the checkout
why wouldn't I spend more time in a world where there click
are more people that 'like' me? to x out where our hearts once where
Wouldn't you? click.
Here, it doesn't matter I've uploaded this hug; I hope she gets it.
if I'm an amateur person click
as long as I have a 'pro' file; I'm making love to my wife; I hope she's logged in.
my smile is 50% genuine click
and 50% genuine HD. I'm holding my daughter over a Skype conference call
You would need blu-rays to see the white on my teeth, while she's crying in the crib in the next room,
but I'm not that focused: click
ten tabs open-- so when my phone goes off in my hip iTouch and iTouch
hopin' and iTouch
my problems can be resolved with a 1600 by 1700 because in a world
resolution; where there are voices that are only read
this is a problem with this evolution: and laughter is never heard
doubled over we used to sit in tree tops or I'm so desperate to feel
till we swung down and stood upright, that I hope the Technologic can reverse the universe
then someone slipped a disc; so the screen can touch me back,
now we are doubled over at desktops and maybe it will.
from the Garden of Eden When our technology is advanced enough...
to the branches of Macintosh. to make us human again.