with
an old mobile
that
needs constant recharging
you
carry the charger everywhere
stick
it in the socket at Pret
or
the office desktop
but
what
if your charger
is
your bedroom ?
and
when it starts up again
its
sluggish and unresponsive
and
the one pale battery bar
feels
like a lie
well
what
if that phone
is
like you at breakfast ?
once
it starts up
you
know you wont have power for long
so
you quickly send a text or two
anxiously
watching
to
check they actually send
but
what
if that's
how
you talk ?
it
wont cope with streaming media
no
oomph left for modern apps
but
you can play Snake still
for
a little while anyway
but
what
if you hate Snake
and
Snake is your holiday ?
and
the ringer and the alerts
are
feeble bleeps
and
you wouldn't make 3 minutes
with
an actual call
well
what
if that call
is
your family Xmas ?
you
wind the brightness down
you
turn off push notification
you
take the back off
you
pull the battery out
you
warm it up on a rad
you
leave it in vinegar
and
all sorts of other
half-arsed
hopeful tricks
well
what
if that's your
endocrine
system ?
your
limbic system ?
your
guts ?
and
you don't want a new phone
cos
its not that old
so
you take it to the phone shop
and
they say look
put
roaming back on
put
push alerts back on
put
updates back on
they
say look
with
all that off
it
might save you battery time
but
you've de-conditioned it
when
you should have maintained
and
also
DON'T
do ANYTHING with it
you
read online
well
what
if that's your Dr ?
maybe
in the past
you
topped up the charge too often
maybe
its had a rough run
bouncing
about with no case
maybe
in pockets with keys and change
and
there's all the times
it
was left in the sun
at
festivals and barbecues
beer
splashes wiped away
with
a t shirt sleeve
but
what
if there's no clear reason
that
you can find ?
and
you remember all the times
it
ran red hot after 5 min calls
and
you remember the first day
you
took it off charge in the morning
and
it was almost dead still
and
all your texts were gone
and
all your contacts had disappeared
and
you knew then
you
couldn't depend on it anymore
well
what
if that's
your
memory ?
your
mental agility ?
your
lexicon ?
and
every time you use it
you
got a nasty feeling
you're
only making it worse
cos
you don't really know
do
you ?
well
what
if that's you
your
body
and
your
life
?
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