I watched another sunset recently 

the sky was deep orange

reflected in the city skyline

the air was warm and heavy

another summer is beginning

adventures captured in images

safely stored in my phone

and backed up to my cloud

some shared with friends via text

others posted on social media

gone are the days of printed photographs

carefully arranged in albums

my old albums are consigned to storage

along with all the transparencies

that meticulously recorded my vacations 

no more boring slide shows in my darkened living room

now I can bore people remotely

clutter their smart phones with my images

which they will back up to their clouds

lest they ever need to find it

whatever happened to capturing moments

into the cloud of your mind

to be recalled as happy memories

stories being told to your family and friends  

our children will remember those stories

as a legacy of our time on this planet

nobody really needs a smart phone

to remember how orange the sky was