Composed 8/28/17
Description: Inspired by life and today’s Daily Prompt: Magnetic.
I get new things
When they’re old news
Technology, trends six months overdue
Modern marvels are standard fare
Before I dare
To roll the dice or break the ice
Harry Potter, Game of Thrones,
Cell phones, smart phones,
Weezer, fidget spinners,
Driving, wearable technology, about a thousand movies,
Facebook, Snapchat, (and all social media at that)
Such things
I resist
In some inbred dislike of popularity
A posh, misguided judgment stemming
From an unjustified sense of superiority
But in the end my resistance snaps like a rubber band
I can’t resist the magnetic pull
And I dive in
Consistently
Late to the party
A Starbucks carrying straggler to destiny
That I actually end up enjoying
Lord knows this habit will one day be deadly
High tech gas masks that are #trending
Will send me out to the wilderness waiting
For radiation to take its toll
And pride to eat away my soul
Scraps of Paper 
Or perhaps you are just still busy enjoying the old things. I, too, resist trends. We’ll get there eventually. I draw the line at selfies.
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Ah, I enjoy a good selfie now and then. The thing is… I do enjoy new things I just resist popular things. Unfortunately a lot of things become popular for a reason!
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I’m the same, but I eventually give in. To some. I resisted an iPhone for a long time. Still don’t text and usually forget to plug it in or take it along. It’s nice not to be reachable by everyone on earth at every moment.
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Yeah, I get you there. Alone time is good time…
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Nice take….
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Thanks!
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I still love old stuff 🙂
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I love old stuff!! I like new stuff too though…
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