no place to hide

Ring-a-ling,
telephone rings,
just a message
meaningless as before,
as it will always be.
wanting me to spend
my hard earned money for
texting,
sexting greedily,
messaging illiterately,
big brother watching
but the biggest is no more
this one is bigger
not even related
imagine!
spending money
someone getting rich
spying on me
at my expense
no place private
no place to hide
And I'm paying for it all!

COPYRIGHT
09.30.2011
rwc

Greatest Invention of Man?

People were asked what they thought was the greatest invention by man.. or woman.. mankind in general.

Electricity, said some.
Light.
Fire. (not realizing it's a discovery rather)
iPhone. (I see why Apple commands such a high respect)

Some went to the basics.
Agriculture (in its modern form)
Medicine, screamed many.


"Why, communication it is. Literature, books, sentences, words, alphabets, language." - said the old man. "Without which none of the above would be possible".