Thursday, July 23, 2026

When there is no internet at the hotel

 

When there is no internet 
my iPad is simply a lamp
the screen shedding light onto
the reality of our dependence

the unopened books, the 
mind signing free unshackled
from pre-digested content

when there is no internet, I 
notice the pen and paper  beneath 
the TV screen and consider what it 

might feel like to write,
not type, or even whether the 
magazine in my bag, the one
about how no one reads anymore,
might be read this morning

or maybe I will look out the window
of this sixth floor and watch the City awaken

yes, I'll do exactly that, unplugged
the world beyond the screen is 
waiting for me to notice.  

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