The New Disapproved Of Way Of Losing Track Of Time

The old disapproved of way
of dropping out from the reality
of the everyday, and schedules,
of discovering your own sense of time, 
used to be the consumption
of mildly recreational drugs
the effects of which wore off
after a few short hours.

Cannabis and magic mushrooms
were the easy routes for those in the know,
which when taken with an awareness
of 'set and setting', allowed for the change
 in awareness, the giggles that flowed
where we can't explain why a comment
seems so funny, but the release is cathartic.

Nowadays it takes much less to drop out
and it has to be done all on our own.
All anyone has to do is have a landline,
that works but does not ring very often,
have a smartphone for emergencies only,
which otherwise they don't know how to use,
and confine their listening to terrestrial speech radio.
Shun television as slow and cumbersome
as a means of conveying information,
and the internet as being full of rumours. 

The information in the slow lane is all we need.
Will you be better informed about the world?
Probably not, but it least you can be more sure
about your own sense of time, your situation.