twitter frenzy

in the old days,

back when people wrote

for a living,

back when there were still

worthwhile

newspapers,

you could write a letter

to the editor

and express your opinion

on the topic

of day.

maybe, if you

were lucky,

you'd see your letter

in the op-ed page on Sunday.

a rare and wonderful

thing to get our ideas across,

your voice heard

at last,

but now,

everyone with a phone

and half a brain, is

chiming in.

typing frenetically

all day long,

in twitter frenzy.