Handset

Oct 2, 2014 1 min read

The poem is unlocked. No brand can block her.

And her only limitations in data and in

Generation are the words you know. So—

What games or searches shall we undertake?

The victories and answers we might end with

Cost a lifetime, take no bandwidth.

Timothy E. G. Bartel is a poet and professor from California. He teaches writing at the College at Saint Constantine, and his forthcoming book is Aflame But Unconsumed: Poems (Kelsay Press, 2019).