In
this modern day and age
When someone can’t be reached,
You must assume avoidance means
That etiquette’s been breached.
When someone can’t be reached,
You must assume avoidance means
That etiquette’s been breached.
You
leave a message on the phone
And write an e-mail, too.
You can’t think this communication
Hasn’t gotten through.
And write an e-mail, too.
You can’t think this communication
Hasn’t gotten through.
So
you assume this person
Doesn’t care to hear your voice.
With several ways to reach you, well,
He surely has a choice.
Doesn’t care to hear your voice.
With several ways to reach you, well,
He surely has a choice.
The
option to ignore you
Is the one it seems he’s chosen.
Your choices now are limited –
You’re mired, stuck and frozen.
Is the one it seems he’s chosen.
Your choices now are limited –
You’re mired, stuck and frozen.
And
so you wait and stew a bit
‘Cause you just can’t believe
The person you must really reach
Has up and taken leave.
‘Cause you just can’t believe
The person you must really reach
Has up and taken leave.
In
years gone by, such actions
Would anxiety produce;
But nowadays I shake my head
And think - there’s no excuse.
Would anxiety produce;
But nowadays I shake my head
And think - there’s no excuse.
unless they lost their phone, or are in the midst of a personal tragedy, or are in the hospital, ill or at the bedside of someone who is....or something you can't imagine...or their landline is out and they don't even know it (and are wondering, why don't i get any calls? - this happened to us...) or their internet is down (no email) or or or
ReplyDeletei suppose any of those things could be the case, but my point is that we've gotten so used to being able to instantly reach someone that it's very frustrating to not be able to do so. all the people i had been trying to reach when i wrote the poem eventually contacted me, but i wrote the poem out of sheer frustration when i couldn't reach them. they were all fine, by the way.
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