by Jesse Anna Bornemann

“She left her 2007 iPhone in its box for over a decade. It just sold for $63K”
—NPR

I joined the throngs who rushed to praise
The iPhone in its early days.
“Look, what fun!” I blithely cried,
While swiping on my screen with pride.

The tech I needed most of all…
An iPhone? Nope. A crystal ball.