On and Off Grid

 

'Wired'
-digital abstract art -
 George Roberts September 2025

Wired 

- a poem by George about 

 21st  century tom-twattery

I woke up early this morning

Opened my phone, yawning

Read the BBC online

So sadly, I am ‘wired’

Went to town by car

It wasn’t so very far

‘Fuckin-flags’ on lamp-posts!

So sadly, I am wired

Opened a letter from HRMC

They need £800 sent from me

My 97 year old mother is in arrears

So sadly, I am wired.

Not wishing to be blunt

All I need is one more ****

To apply additional bleak bullshit in my life

As sad to say, I am 100% wired.

5 minutes ago, the phone rang in the hall

It was of course an unsolicited nuisance call

So being terminally wired

I pulled the bloody plug and went off grid