My Teacher's Cellphone
My Teacher's Cellphone


Heard a beeping sound
Followed by A very old Frank Sinatra’s song
My classmates’ heads turned
Whose phone? whose phone?
Less chaotic when the teacher glared
Everybody put their heads down
And checked their sophisticated mobile phones
Once again...
When the teacher wasn’t looking...
Mobile phones roamed in a dull classroom
Updating Facebook status,
Uploading candid photos of a snoring friend
Copy-pasting assignment
Text messaging and gossiping about their stern-looking teacher
In the name of advanced technology
Mobile smartphones create impossibles...
Beyond the blackboard and the four walls of the classroom
O o Frank Sinatra’s song again...
And everybody started looking...
The teacher grabbed her mobile phone
Tried to switch it off...
When students could own smartphones...
Who needs NOKIA from the old-time zone....?