Making connections
local or long distance
Operator, please.
(Here is another haiku about this long-ago calling apparatus that one used to use. One needed exact change until there were what was to be known as calling cards and all one had to do was give their number to pay the call.)
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Mark Graham
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Look who's calling?
Coins please, sir dial tone, dial number please look who's calling. (Not many of these phones left in society as whole. Remember when there were phone booths pretty much on each corner or so. Had to make sure you had enough change to use them though. I remember when people used dimes for a call, but actually when I had to use one it was a quarter for a few minutes. Sometimes you had to ask the operator to hold if you were looking for more change and if you couldn't you were disconnected.)
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Who Is Clavicular? The Looksmaxxing Streamer Who Ran Over A Stalker In His Cybertruck
What is so damaging to this current culture is the ant-intellectualism which pervades nearly every element of it. Clavicular, real name, Braden Peters equivocates physical form with getting women, making money, and overall being a strong “man.”
By Skyler Saunders21 days ago in Critique
A Jerk and an Idiot Meet in a Bar
A Jerk and an Idiot Meet in a Bar Well not in a bar, per se, social media. After all, it is the bar of our modern times. It’s where we hook up with friends, family, dates, or trysts. Places like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and others, all designed for social interaction with anonymity and limited consequences, for bad behavior. Often these entities dole out consequences to parties that are not causing a problem, and give a blind eye to serious problems.
By Alexandra Grant7 days ago in Critique
How to Succeed at the Benson Directory®
Congratulations and welcome to the Benson Directory® employee #22391! As our newest call handler, you will have the privilege of speaking with dozens of unique and interesting people on a daily basis as well as the opportunity to earn bonuses for high performance. Contained within this handbook you will find a set of ease to follow instructions designed to help you settle in to your new role and begin paving the way to success.
By S. A. Crawfordabout 11 hours ago in Fiction
Comments (2)
Great haiku! It reminds me of Jim Croce's song, "Operator", which I loved.
Omgggg, I still remember this! Loved your Haiku!