SMART CONFLCTIONS

prose-poetry

SMART CONFLCITIONS

Amidst the hugs and formalities

no meet up was ever to take

place these days, without: that

pestering little communication

accessory. Thoroughly customised

she had become (and formally

guilty of participating in) the

constant barrage of interruptions,

from her friends’ acquaintances,

not known to her, via non-verbal

“excuse me, just one minute”,

sighs, nods and hand gestures,

or more likely, “just following

the game” remarked her dearly

regarded former

work colleague, with his head fixed

over the screen and behaving

as if, many miles away................. then making

a sudden leap from the table,

leaving the premises to answer

in haste,

while they, themselves

had not seen each other for several

months and days.

Shaping

an old dysfunctional liaison,

with further technologically induced,

distance and unfamiliarity.

Briefly

resettling, following several

more text msg signals, he reaches into

his pocket to.... read again his inbox,

making unapologetic,

though, awkward,

replies, removed,

entirely, from her company,

seemingly devoted only....

to the device, like a message junkie.

 

Long.... she did, for her friend to

dedicate some undivided attention,

instead of relegating her, by now

reticent fragility, to a miserably,

covetable position....

The end was near,

both evasive

parties had become subsumed by

non-urgent emails and apps,

fondling, fidgety, & ever ready,

....their friendship, bedevilled

with an overbearing unconventionality,

and for her in particular,

a frustratingly,

inconvenient,

joyless, mystery....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By SH: 24-01-2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[luviva]

UHMMM S, u r really GREAT writer!!
loved the core point of the poem and the flow.
u have expressed the downside of a technology based relationship.
u knw.. at the end of the day ui get used to your device and have all the loyalty for it instead of the lover..!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Oh such a positive review from you Luviva, I am truly flattered, that I blush!!
Many thanks

[luviva]

hahah....
dont tell mi tht!!
the blush ;) really..
enwe u gt mo coming because your poetry gets me going!

[Ed Hart]

if you draw a line from some remembered past through this moment and on into the future, that future you're looking at is a formal but not very pretty sight...i like the way you comment on our times, and sink your claws lightly into the now

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thanks very much Ed

[Robbie~xoxo~]

I've been there... and it's a hard habit to break! lol :D
(It may take some counseling)-kidding
There is a love/hate relationship with technology and real life fighting for attention...(the mistress of sorts).
Thanks for showing the not-so-pretty reflection of many (including myself). Well done!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

great to hear from you and thanks for your reflections, dear Robbie

[KAOlmsted]

I see this...two people sitting at the same table, each engrossed in their own gadgets...It always makes me shake my head. Or the person in line at the grocery store who never acknowledges the cashier because their on their phone...rude. This is exceptionally well written. Love it.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Hi, thanks ever so much for your lovely review KAOlmsted!
Your opinions are always welcome

[KAOlmsted]

My pleasure.

[Rob Santana]

I really like the way you use your vocab. Well penned

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thanks so much Creeper and nice to meet you

[Rob Santana]

Nice to meet you too :)

[Inda]

This is very well written and your ability to communicate your exact thoughts in the way you do is fantastic; the whole thing feels like a rant, but it is structured like the work of an architect. Great job!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

that is so kind of you Inda, thank you so much

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Not so sure about the title but here you describe a modern day phenomenon that is strangling social discourse slowly but surely

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thanks for your thoughts

[Marie]

Communication is so much easier now...and so much less personal...

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thanks Marie

[MOON]

Technology will do that all that smiley faces can only make you remote and distant.Lovely write

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thanks Moon

[Frieda P]

Modern day poetry, dilemmas of modern technology still pierce the heart. Very intriguing read...dark and light all in the same. Nicely pen'd.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thanks for your generous review Frieda

[Frieda P]

My pleasure.