Upended

When ways of life get changed from those
On which we have depended,
Our equilibrium gets jarred
As if we’ve been upended.

The chore of trudging to the bank
Depositing our wages
Is almost as old-fashioned as
To read a book with pages.

Those quarters in your pocket
For the meter or the wash
Are like talking on a landline,
Something given the kibosh.

You need some shoes? Try Zappos
Or, if you are short of time,
Forget the stores – just click from home
On Amazon (but Prime!).

A restaurant reservation?
Open Table does the trick
And ZocDoc finds a doctor
With appointments if you’re sick.

Examples could go on, but here’s
The point that I intended –
When what’s familiar disappears,
We’ve somehow been upended.