Believe it or not, below is the actual symbol on Steve’s home phone when the battery’s out of juice:

What does this mean? Nobody really knows, but as a sendoff to your weekend, we will explore the screen’s many meanings…using the eternal form of everything that is the embodiment of nothingness: haiku.

1.
The screen of my phone
Shows a dead bird when it dies
Japanese are strange

2.
My cell phone has died
Why does it show a dead bird
A wind blows the leaves

3.
The passage of time
Recorded on my cell phone
A dead bird symbol

4.
A dead bird phone screen
My time is up and over
Please leave a message

5.
Who in their right mind
Has dead animal symbols
For something minor

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