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Sunday, August 31, 2014

A Birthday Call Interrupted

Across miles of mountains, roads, cities,
over bodies of water and through the sky, 
channeled through wires and radio waves
to my kitchen there sounded a ringing alert ~
cell phone data screen flashed an offer ~

Connected.....but only barely
Disconnected.....for sure
Try to reconnect......‘signal not accepted’!
Tidy the kitchen, get lunch ready......
oops  - A beeping alert
Screen flashes an offer
Connected......not really - just static
Disconnected....again!!!
Keep working in the kitchen with.......
A purposely LOUD ringing alert...
Connection!!! 
At last 17 minutes of uninterrupted visiting about 
a recent family visit and memories of camp until.......
silence and a final dropped call.
So I resorted to texting to clarify this annoying dropped phone call.

Technological connections may be unclear or uncertain
but not connections between family and memory.

“Cherish your human connections; your 
relationships with friends and family.”
~ Joseph Brodsy

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