Hi 🐺HowlersMoon It's your online stalker greatest fan here with some criticism praise for your work. After sifting through the kazillions of poems in your port, looking for something more recent, I finally found something tolerable settled on this one, "Invalid Item" , because it gave me a good laugh. Please keep in mind that these comments are meant to make me feel better about myself only my opinion as a fellow reader and writer and if you don't like them, well, you can unfriend me.

Impressions: *giggle* This is a crack up! I love, love that last stanza - too funny! :-[ I also like the way you draw contrasts and equivalents between today and yesterday, each line with a glimpse of something as it was and something as it is now, all in light-heartedness, and with a kind of punchline. It's fun to read an old school poem about the good ol' days, without any bitterness or that "when I was your age" crap.

The camaraderie with "other old folks" is cute, and even youth could appeal to this because you're not criticizing them and you're laughing at yourself a bit as well. Every era has its ups and downs. Sometimes I wish we could go back to those days when the world moved at a slower pace and people seemed more important, and there was a better sense of community. But the modern age also has all the thrill of excitement and progress and new frontiers. If you think about how far humankind has progressed in the last 50-100 years, it's astounding...and slightly scary. What will it be like in another 50-100 years?

Overall, a hilarious poem that can't quite be taken seriously. Reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo :-[

Suggestions: None. :-[

Favourite Lines: All of them are pretty great, but I especially liked:

“Unfriended” wasn't heard of –
instead you were just spurned?

and:

The internet was Sci-Fi;

and:

My GPS was called a “map”
and only seen, not heard.

And obviously the last two lines are my favourites.

Conclusion: Thanks for sharing your comedic vices. You have a wicked sense of humour, and I love it. Write on, old chap.

Fi



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