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The Lost Art Of Paper Airplanes
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Rants and Commentary works In this world of techno-droning cyberspeed
and video game induced comas,
the simple art of making a paper airplane,
is lost.
Vying for the sleekest, farthest flying
paper projectile is now mundane
compared to simulated flights,
graphically state of the art and in 3-D.
I remember teachers complaining and lecturing
on the wastefullness of paper,
after a sheet, folded into a jet-liner,
glided past her head.
Seems kind of silly now in comparrison
to the reams of pages copied off
the web in pixal perfection.
Hands are now too busy,
tapping away upon keys
and controlling controllers
to spend the time crisply folding
sharp edges in search of the most
distance gaining craft.
Why bother anymore,
with prosaic attempts
when technology can place you in the
pilot's seat of virtual reality?
Yes, 'tis a lost art,
the making of paper airplanes.
For moving ahead with the times,
means leaving some things far behind.
excellent write, so true and I agree with you so much left behind in a mechanized age
So very true. It's a shame how people start moving so fast with the times they forget the simple pleasures of things like flying a paper airplane :)