The Risk of Becoming "Digitally Disconnected"

The Risk of Becoming "Digitally Disconnected"


I "twitter" at the thought of logging on to the ‘Net
To find no one there, even if it is 3 in the morning. . .
I thought Facebook guaranteed me a new family
One I didn’t to have argue with and didn’t have to see.
“Yahoo” I screamed when I got LINKEDIN,
No more long distance calling MCI /ATT family and friends,
My email would be hot
My gmail would hit the spot
All of my relationships now come with a dot. . .
I am living today in a much broader cybersphere. . .
Even if no one ever visits or lives very near…
MySpace is connected to the world through Comcast and Clear. . .
But I do occasionally twitter at the thought of a breakdown somewhere,
When social networking gets lost somewhere in the air,
When I log on at 3 a.m. and find nobody there….
Of course that doesn’t mean my FB family doesn’t care..
Right???? Of course not.
But just in case I’ll Google a few new websites…
And I’ll just keep the computer logged on all day and all night.

Regina Vincent Clark, Ed.D. copyright 2010