indelible ink

you drop
your phone into
a puddle.
it shorts out.
you lose everyhing.
every contact
you ever had is
dissolved in a two
inch divot of
rainwater.
for the next three
days you are texting
into your phone.
who is this?
your new phone has
a lifetime
guarantee. the waterproof
cover cost a hundred
dollars alone
and must be
registered online,
like a gun, or a car,
or your political
affiliation.
it's the size
of a small book.
a phone book.
it makes you miss
phone books.
or a little black
book with indelible
ink.