have you got a COOT?
For those who didn't guess the waterfowl mentioned in this post: https://loveisverbing.bearblog.dev/cricket-4/ it was that little black and white bird called a coot.
COOT became an acronym and a poem to inspire folk to designate a specific time to be unavailable online. Today that's become a habit for many, but back in 2015 it might have been quite a novel suggestion. Sadly, the acronym and the stunning logo a friend made to show it off stayed as hidden as a coot in the water weeds.
Why was coot such a perfect acronym? Because this bird does not have webbed (web-bed?! Ha!) feet. It has strong 'lobate' toes. They're made not just for surfing but for walking on real, physical land.
May be my 'COOT' will fly one day... Meantime, do you have a ...
C ommunicating
O ffline
O nly
T ime ?
This is the jaunty rap of a poetical which explained what it was all about.
I have a COOT
Communicating Offline Only Time
time to suit me
it sets my senses free from the manacles of screen society
my life is less dilute
I've got a COOT
I've got a COOT
Communicating Offline Only Time
most-times you'll find me online mute
but offline present swanning along
because it’s here in the real world that we belong
with all our senses tingling, taste and touch and snoot
its where relationships can root
and love bear fruit
I've got a COOT
I've got a COOT
an hour a day you’ll find me all online astute
brand me quackers but I’m not a duck
with a COOT I've time to give a [f**k]
and I DO!... it's why I'm telling you
don't be no online prostitute
just get a COOT
I've got a COOT
there is no substitute
folks tell me there's an app to stop your online cravings - and it's half the price
they just don't get that they're relying on some damn de-vice
when the mind enjoys a discipline to institute
give it a COOT!
we're all getting fat and want to be spoon-fedded
is it life or a screen to which we're wedded?
a COOT protects your projects
like a mother coot protects her chicks*
hides them on a nest she's built of mud and little sticks
don't let your chicks go destitute!
get a COOT!
© Liz Darcy Jones 7.6.2015
*she's not always so kind to her chicks see my legs/ bearblog for more!
#addiction #offline #online #rant #acronym #rap