Poem. Before Technology #NaPoWriMo

In honor of National Poetry Writing Month 2021, Day 2 of the Writer's Digest Poem A Day challenge, today's poetry prompts is Communication Subscribe to the march thirty one poetry podcast and read my full poem, Before Technology, below: before technology . 4/3/21 Before cell phones  We were forced  To pick up the phone  Yes, a land line  Rotary  Push button  Dial a number   No caller ID  Crossing your fingers  That someone was home  Hoping and waiting  Just to hear a real voice  No voicemail  No using our fingers  To text a message  That was not an option   But using our fingers  To dial a number   7 digits  That we had to memorize  Remember  Phone books told us how to find   The things we needed  Address books told us  How to connect   To the people we needed  How did we ever get along   Without our devices  Easy  We called  We listened  Then hung up the phone  Until someone   Called us back