Thursday 25 May 2023

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

  

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"

OUR GRANDFATHERED CLAUSES CONVERSATION
Radio and telephone their technology.Our parents were typewriters.
Our children know little of these-their whole life online
Thumbs connected to a thumb drive.They speak GOOGLE,SIRI,ALEXA(apps)
They stream constantly.Text and Tweet.One Tik Tok video showed children bemused
by corded telephones,record players and analogue games.No concept of content.
Silent as we were when our computers froze.They know arcane codes.
It no longer matters when A.I will replace us.Nor BARD nor ChatGPT4.
World moves on macro-doses.CBD to THC.Catastrophe born of  disaster movies.
Truth is faster than typewriters ,telegraph or telegrams.Obsolete formats return-
mini-Polaroids,LPs for DJs,Cassettes for Indy bands.But who plays?USER PAYS!
You pay for your Smartphone to tap your data and sell it to highest bidder
You pay for streaming ,with Premium channeling.You pay for Blue Tix on Instagram.
And the idea of a thousand dollar phone still worries me..We are not yet MATRIXED
Intelligence is not yet fully Artificial.We can at least talk about it/around it..
Typewriter Rodeo Round-Up...Conversations in a coffee shop..

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