I once ...

I once read by kerosene lamp
in a cabin far away
now I have a satellite dish
500 channels, they say,
I used to write long-hand letters
accounts of my actions
now I have virtual sex
on Skype, a daily distraction,

The World, the same physical size
in the same back-water setting
but everything's much faster now
we're doubling down our betting,
Rolling the dice and watching them fly
hoping for a different existence
while the Earth like a Ferris Wheel
provides its own resistance ...