Life was Better

Do you remember life before the internet?

I had to get you off the line

Before I could call

We didn’t know then, life was better

With dial-up modem

An email was my love letter, carefully typed,

The swirling whistling and cables entwined

We didn’t know then, life was better

With dial-up modem

Mix tapes recorded, cassette in machine,

Labels adorned, hand posted to the sea

Walks to the phone box with phone card in hand,

ten precious minutes, for five scarce pounds,

no instant message, or slide into DM, life was better with dial-up modem.