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Ode to an Electronic Leech
~ Chirayu
An electronic leech
Always there for an unwelcome beep
Now in musical ringtones
Troubling people's sleep!


(Leech: One that preys on or clings to another; a parasite)

An electronic leech
Carry it around
Become a mom
Without a baby to be proud!


An electronic leech
Now with online feeds
Wiring people
Emptying wallets
Jamming networks
And disconnecting the souls!


An electronic leech
Sticks to you and sucks money
The more you use
The more you lose!


An electronic leech
A technological marvel
Makes you available
Even when you want to escape!


An electronic leech
A communication gadget
People use to
Work less, chat more!


An electronic leech
Extending advances in telephony
Decreasing distances
Increasing expenses!


An electronic leech
A must-do accessory
Without which
People are not at ease!


An electronic leech
For people on the move
Busy doing nothing
But typing unwanted sms'es!


An electronic leech
With hard to figure tariff plans
And harder to understand bills!


An electronic leech
With incoming free
And outgoing @ minimum
And the world goes astray!


An electronic leech
Even the service providers
Don't know what plans they keep
And poor consumers!
We have to pay for its upkeep!


An electronic leech
Unleasing the power of TLA's
Through an avalanche of sms messages


(TLA - Three Letter Acronyms, such as this one!)

An electronic leech
Always rings when in a meeting
An unwelcome intrusion
When someone is sleeping!


An electronic leech
Now in sizes so small
Wonder why to carry it at all!


An electronic leech
Sleek and wonderful
Sit in an auto
Search where it fell!


An electronic leech
Rings at the most inopportune time!
Never when expected
Always unexpected!


An electronic leech
Call it a free fall into penury!
It is a boon,
But, that's in a disguise!
And people who use it
Need to be wise!


~ Chirayu

This page was last updated on Sat., the 28th of June 2003 at 11:10 a.m. IST by Chirayu

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