Defect: Technological Changeover

Bursting with energy
From a chocolate charged
Holiday feast,
A seasonal surge;

Shopping for replacements
Rather than presents,
As budgeting concerns
Override flashy ads for frivolous trinkets,

Complex electronics
Reveal hidden price tags,
As incompatibility
With older devices increases costs,

Hence, one purchase
Requires another,
In order to make
The first one work,

Difficult decision:
Return new product or buy one more,
Decided to splurge,
As haven’t done so for two years,

And about time I concluded,
To replace the old
And bring in the new,
A lesson in impermanence,

As everything goes
In the end,
One appliance
Gets changed for another,

In the name of advancement, or so it’s said,
But a cynic might reflect
It’s merely free market economics,
I was quite happy with what I had,
But now have to settle for improvements instead!