Shipment of Dreams

Shipment of Dreams

 

 

new releases,

old releases,

amazon reigns

and we are poisoned by the drops

 

like some freeze frame rain

we become unglued to movement

but stuck in our own lethargy

 

pushing keys rather than shopping carts

magic pizzas arriving on electronic carpets

one-touch 

one-touch

but not one foot in front of the other

 

even our cars begin to drive themselves

and park themselves

 

just like we have

couch potatoes

spilling ketchup on the cushions

with sour cream eyes staring at the b**b tube

 

fingers dialing,

merchandise miraculously arriving at the doorstep

 

i wonder what real rain feels like

i forgot,

i was outside once...

i think it felt nice,

 

Agoraphobia?

isn't that a country near Sudan....

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

8/20/19

Reviews

[Ted Kniffen]

Once upon a time...I was my father's remote control as well as the addition to the rabbit ears...had a party line phone. I don't like using the self-checkout machines that are popping up everywhere nowadays... machines have jobs.
Brick and mortar stores disappearing...but then I guess we can all work for Amazon or Wayfare.

Well, let's cry the blues to the buggy whip makers...blacksmiths and wheelwrights...shall we.
I was going to say hard to see where this is going, but it's not. We'll all be supported by our friendly, well-maintained and efficient government. Shudder.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Rabbit ears, and actually having to get up to change channels....god forbid...thank you for your understanding review, Ted,
j.

[emmajoy]

' i was outside once... i think it felt nice, --- Agoraphobia? isn't that a country near Sudan....'

Pathos closely followed by ironic smirk .. and, whatever else one considers inanely apt

Can only guess there are a few shrugs in the process of reading your as ever fine language. Personally I find the long probe I have on each hand useful, however. Plus tho windows are curtained, believe there are trees outside my window. Oops, just a moment, have to pause, there's a tv special about Cumbria I want to watch.. beautiful scenery!

Yes, yes and yes.. your writing covers today's goings=on, how it is for us creatures given everything but the power to fly or diveto the sea floor. Machinery is now a package of tools; so far free of charge but have heard that

)Think we've covered this topic elsewhere ages agoL how thought's gradually being overtaken by cerebral whirls gone wild.. but then HG Wells and Verne knew a thing or two, yes?!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, they did know a thing or two...thank you for your insightful review, em.
j.

[emmajoy]

Hope and pray my words come over as agreement with you, not against.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

even if they were against...i would be appreciative...i love reactions to my writes...i appreciate you, em.

[emmajoy]

That's good, how it should be. :)

[NotUsinganymore]

Very nice poem. Where I was born and raised, none of us had cars of fancy stuff to make the jobs easier. I had to do farming at age 4 and everything was done by hand. It was hard work and I was often beaten growing up for not doing the work quickly enough.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"beaten for not doing the work quickly enough" that is awful, Jung...never should happen.
j.

[NotUsinganymore]

That was how I was raised. I always thought it was normal to be honest.

[redzone]

I hear you on this one Jacob, they talk about computers and AIs taking over our lives one day, but I think it already has.... can we honestly say we are human??? or is it more that we are a physical extension of our "toys"... as we lose our humanness I hear the words "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated"....

nicely written Jacob... by the way, do not pick up that amazon package sitting outside your front door... er… lol

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i think, the physical extension...
thank you for your words, Curt,
j.

[Anne’sRants]

Reminds me of the movie wall-e. We’ve all been sitting so long, its hard to tell if we can get back up. This too troubles me. I work in the automotive industry, so I see a lot of this.
Ive sat in the same room as people texting each other on their phones, even though they are all right there. It’s not right.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you are so right, Anne,
in the same room, but somewhere out in cyberspace...thank you for your words,
j.

[Relic]

And Amazon (along with many other companies) pay no taxes. I have thought about what this laptop is doing to my health. I mentioned it on this site many years ago.

I remember the very first remote control I ever saw for TV. Companies want to and have been trying to make life easier for society to function and gain a profit by doing it. Yet, little by little they are destroying us too.

We are becoming electronic zombies. Look around, everyone is on a gadget of some kind in order to keep themselves occupied. It makes you wonder what someone who lived in the early nineteen-hundreds would think if they could come back and look around.

We certainly have become more sedentary as a society, that's for sure.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful words, Tim...it is sadly true...even on the tennis court, the cell phones follow our guys...
shame shame.
j.

[Chris Shaw]

For many, you describe what has become the norm especially for younger generations. People glued to their phones, TV or computer keyboard who don't know what fresh air and exercise is like or how liberating it can be. As someone who was brought up in the countryside after the age of seven, we were never indoors, always out having adventures. Maybe eventually if it continues this way we will lose the ability to walk as well as the ability to communicate face to face. There's a thought to ponder on. Good topical write questioning where we are going Jacob.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I'm sorry, Chris...what were you saying again? wasn't paying attention...i was TEXTING....aargh!!!!!!!
thank you for your insights...
j.

[Chris Shaw]

:)))......................

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Love the satire in this one Jacob. The vitriol and disgust at all of us is palpable as you rant and expose the extent to which we have become less active and soon will not need to ever interact face to face with other humans. A real concern picked up in a relevant and apt first class poem!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, John,
j.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

lol so clever, loved it Jacob, thankyou. yes we are getting driverless cars here in a year or so I believe in Oz. I cannot for the life of me see the point!!! I for one wont be getting one. good poem,!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it gets ridiculous doesn't it...doing less and less for ourselves...and here am i...don't even own a cell phone, never have.
j.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

ok well whether you succomb to one or not in the future, my advice is dont go on a plan lol do a pre paid model. i like my phone i use it a lot for music writing etc, but sometimes wish i didnt own one!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i won't ever own one...i hate them....i can use my land line when i make calls, at home...
and my phone doesn't drop calls....plus, how did we do without them for all those years? just fine.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Yes true I agree