I open mail and I see
my bank trying to reach me
offering a loan I didn’t ask for.
Then there are recruiters
mailing me
on a 10 year-old resume
offering me a job
that I needed when
I was still growing teeth.
People are begging me
to take half of their bank account
to get them out of their country.
I have won competitions
I didn’t enter,
and I have won enough lotteries
to make jealous the Arab emporer.
And then, there are
WordPress notices,
and subscription mails from world over…
What I sought and didn’t find
was a single mail
seeking me as a person
(not as a user or a bank account).
No one misses me…
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Email can be such a blessing, to use to keep in touch. But it comes with a curse, that ‘dark side’.
Best wishes, Pete.
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So true, Pete!
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you’ve nailed this one, Shaily; the world is full of shysters, but we’re no fools —
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Thanks John! I was only worried that a tool for communication has become a tool of marketing only. We don’t have time to write to eachother anymore.
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My feelings exactly, Shiaily
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Great minds think alike! 🤣
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