LOIS GREENE STONE - MURMUR SOFTLY

Lois Greene Stone, writer and poet, has been syndicated worldwide. Poetry and personal essays have been included in hard & softcover book anthologies.  Collections of her personal items/ photos/ memorabilia are in major museums including twelve different divisions of The Smithsonian.

​                                  murmur softly
 
Hey, Siri, have you met
Cortana?  Not many names
like that issued at birth.
Maybe a film star could
call a child Google as 
many have given identities
of fruit, virtues, and such.
Now saying Alexander the
Great when learning about 
that era, or mentioning an old
movie star Alexis, or geography’s
Alexandria, will turn a home
cylinder on.  Sensitive to just
the first syllable, the device
is always listening. Sh!  
Whisper in your own home
as ‘she’s’ always alert.
 
 
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