people eating alone…drinking alone…thinking alone…no-one looks at the other…they eat grilled cheese sandwiches…salads…a constant eye on a cellphone…a computer screen…fingers pointed…pushing a screen…a new age has dawned…

other than bad 80’s music playing…there is no noise…just quiet…no-one talking…people penalized for conversing…sharing ideas…pleasantries…as if the human voice has been silenced…

maybe it has been…