“Would you like to charge your phone?”

the Lyft driver asks

Wish I could say yes but it’s too herculean a task

before me, a string of cords splits into three

but none of them contain a USB-C

At the airport, at the party

a gathering at a friend’s house

Lightning fast appears but all else is denounced

“Hey Google, did I upgrade too soon?

am I the making of my own lampoon?”

A minor chitchat, not trying to be a brat

but even the robot companion replies, “I can’t answer that”

The existential loneliness of a USB-C phone owner

Nary a pal with the rightful cord

and is dongle life really the future we want to head toward?

Technically standard but not yet the norm

The pace of adoption leaves me forlorn