Form Belying Function
Form following Function (one would think) To be inviolate A modern era Ergonomic mantra However Right in front Of our eyes Is a glaring Exception Contradicting Eons of upward Evolutionary Changes That provided us (as well as some primates) ...Prehensility Our opposing Thumbs Are probably The greatest Work tool Ever designed and
Bestowed on us (to grasp-hold-twistsqueeze-click-flick) While there are Some notable Contras - ie.. Thumb-sucking (hopefully lost in growing up) And thumbs up Or down - As in The Roman Coliseum But by and large We prefer to Close that gap Between the thumb And fingers Yet with each new Cell phone iteration A child will lead us (AKA-Teenagers) Touch-typing is out (also primitive hunt and pecking) In favor of
The new - IN! Banging with our Shortest digit! (fraught with errors) Called... Texting Assuredly 'twill Disjoint same Into a malady Known as Thumbelina Is it a requiem For prehensile man Abandoning all Natural range of Motion? And to what Useful purpose? To avoid Voice to voice With another soul? So - Why are we Enamored of These isolations That prevent Direct speech With each other?