Pray conversation
May never be 'non-event'
As Information Technology
Floods with intent
Attempted business calls
(even with Smart Phones)
Can drive to sheer distraction
Lowering language tones
"We ARE very busy
Thank you for holding the line
Your call IS valuable to us"
(But it's wasting precious time)
"Press 1, 2 or 3 (instructs automation)
(in welcomed surprise)
"Or 4 - without hesitation
To connect with one who'll advise"
Information Technology
Also 'Heads' the dining-table
Diners intent on 'surfing-the-net'
Ready - willing - and able
Email and Twitter
Holds attention
With Facebook and Selfies
(I dare to mention)
Personal eye contact - short and sweet
Texting and Tweeting as they eat
In conversation kill
Revived with outbursts of "wicked" "cool" and "brill"
However, for thee and me
Information Technology is a necessity
I remember one winter in Douglas when we had no coal for our fire, my Mum sent me over to Douglas School which was just being built (so I would have been about 6 or 7 years old) to collect some of the wood off cuts. A joiner was working late, (I remember that it was very dark) and took pity on me and filled a sack with logs and carried it over to my house for me. My Mum, my three siblings and my self (my Dad was not around) had a warm house and hot water for some nights after that and we will always be grateful to that unknown joiner.
I was born in the front bedroom at 1, Craighill Place in 1946. My first school was the hutty at the bottom of Pitarlie Road, them went to the Rainbow, had great times playing and dancing in the backies where it was all tarmacked, somebody would put a record player on their window and we would jive away, even Mum's would join in, great days and not a care in the world.