Live like a Heretic

A Dirge for Dead Time

Reflections on my first full year with a smartphone

We used to have deep thoughts, sometimes, and come up with ideas.

We'd day dream about lovely things or even face our fears.

The unplanned lulls, the in-betweens, the time spent in the queue.

The shower thoughts, the pillow talks, the ideas from the loo.

But now we've got a phone to check, a fidget toy, a pet.

Our dead time has been limited to while we're getting wet.