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We’ve got the phone, so we’re never alone

02.09.2010 by David Murray // 3 Comments

She texts in the car,

She texts at the bar.

She texts in the store,

She texts more and more!

She texts watching TV,

On the couch next to me.

"Can u eat eggs with sell-by last Wed.?"

"Do u know the Super Nanny channel off top of ur head?"

"Do u think they'll cancel school?"

"Watching Glenn Beck; this man is a tool!"

She's everywhere at Onceler,

But here, with me, her Hunceler.

I will not, will not watch her text.

"I can not, damn not! What is next?"

I say,

to which she replies,

"I'm a texter now, okay?"

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // cell phone, Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs & Ham, texter, texting, texts, wife

Comments

  1. Suki says

    February 9, 2010 at 9:45 pm

    Finally.

    Reply
  2. Bever says

    February 10, 2010 at 9:22 am

    As a photographer, I have to admit: I CANT STAND cell phone cameras.
    So on one hand I understand your loathing of the texting concept. But
    on the other- and yes, I’ve been known to snap a cell-phone photo
    (phono?)- isn’t a quick text often easier than the whole “hi-how-are-
    you-and-oh-by-the-way” bit?

    Reply
  3. David Murray says

    February 10, 2010 at 11:46 am

    A text here and there is one thing.
    Sometimes I’ll be out and about with the kid and send my wife a photo of Scout’s hijinks.
    But that’s a far cry from yakking with a dozen people simultaneously, whenever the mood strikes them or me, for whatever trivial reason.
    That turns the whole world into a mad barroom where one is being interrupted whenever you’re not interrupting.
    I like a mad barroom as much as the next guy. But I’m glad they have a closing time.

    Reply

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