If you’re accustomed to a constant ream
of cyberinformation, you’ll be bored
when digitally you’re deprived. Your stream
of consciousness won’t be restored
until you’re reconnected to the web
and to your e-mail correspondents, whose
departure made your inspiration ebb.
Addiction like this is far worse than booze
or drugs, because it very often wrecks
the brain it hijacks, virtually acquired
attention deficit disorder. Sex
can do this, too, to people who aren’t wired,
and choice between addictions may depend
on whether you prefer to be the suitor
of someone with the virtues of a friend,
or someone virtual, screened by your computer.
(4/22/07)
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I would like to translate this poem
HoSTEd By YoUr ComPuTer , ur QuiTe OnTo SomEThIng ThEre, gershorn, hosT WrIttiNg iS A GrOwIng pheNomOnOn, Are U REaLy gErsHoRn if i miGht AsK..? :) As i do EnJoy YoUr WrIttIng, hatE FoR U To Be A HoSt Of Ya FoRmEr SeLf