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Apple TV for The Elderly

Clarence Allan Ebert 1952 (Wisconsin)

January 24 
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Apple TV For The Elderly

We may not be lost
      but we are floundering
soul-dulled amphibian-like
     swimming blindly
in large schools upstream
        without pliable thumbs
or purpose
        eyes rolling on opposite sides
of a mind in twilight
        locked-in stress-related, unable
 to surface for personal choices,  
        to scroll with dexterity and click
on that beautiful beach
       of Unlimited Streaming.            

About this poem

I'm a baby boomer (71) and I got an Apple TV box for Christmas. Need I say more?

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Written on January 13, 2024

Submitted by connectallan on January 19, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A XBXAXXXXXXXXXB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 447
Words 69
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 14
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Clarence Allan Ebert

As I mentioned; a Baby Boomer fighting cancer - first colon and now a little in my liver. Been writing poetry for a long time but never more so than during the COVID pandemic. Just trying to remain relevant. more…

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