Who Wants To Live Forever?

Only the ultra-wealthy
who can afford the new technology
at the peak prices it is sold at
and have the business interest
in adapting with changing times.

When any ordinary person ages
they have to be stay sharp of mind
to simplify their lives and adapt
with the changing uses of telephones.

What was once facilitated by a wire
suspended overhead between two homes,
and a bit more besides, the chance to speak
to another person, far away from you,
is no longer what it was.
The telephone has changed,
where our perception of distance
has changed beyond all recognition
into anything but simple ease of use.

The telephone has become a home banking machine
for every possible transaction under the sun, 
except simply talking into it, and being heard.

Who wants to live forever
when the technology makes
such an infinite life
one where we might speak 
but we won't be listened to?