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   Perpetuum Mobile

      [ on the use of mobile phones ]
The bell in the bag, the chime in the case
How useful is this device!
The news we get, the things we're told
Where to meet or when to leave.

The friend at your ear, the link with the world
How easy it’s made our life!
The deals are struck, the business done
It saves us so much work.

Now anxiously she bites her lip
She holds it in her hand
And with her thumb she strokes its face
And hopes it comes alive.

Oh no, he thinks I must reply
To messages I do not want.
The box fills up and weighs me down
This thing is clogged with junk.

Horror in the handbag, panic in your pocket
Can we free ourselves at last?
Dare turn off, leave uncharged
And learn to live without.