Choices

Civilization changes
hurried by technology.
Hand held devices
allow instant contact
anytime
with friends, business,
entertainment,
social media
pervading all.

Earlier culture,
performing arts
no longer fast enough
to compel interest
in tik-tok minds
as info moves faster.
Theatre, opera, ballet,
now too slow
except for graybeards,
production costs
so expensive,
impractical for the few
who may be consoled
that hand held devices
can connect them
to performance past
providing enjoyment
for those not part of
prevailing taste.

By: Gary Beck

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Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn’t earn a living in the theater. He has also been a tennis pro, ditch digger and salvage diver. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction, essays and plays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines. His traditionally published books include 46 poetry collections, 18 novels, 4 short story collections, 2 collections of essays, 8 books of plays and 16 Poetry Chapbooks. Gary lives in New York City.