Binary Addiction

We humans are the gods of the computer age. We have mastered the use of ones and zeros. Some argue we have created artificial intelligence. But is it possible that ones and zeros have replaced our intelligence with servitude? I see Faces glued to a screen Trying to decipher all the data seen People no longer talk People no longer walk I don't know when this got its start Cell phones are now a new body part I see Lights flashing Buzzers dashing Images blazing Eyes glazing Our cars tell us where to drive And when we will arrive It is a mystery to me How an app is all people want to see We are slowly dissolving into cyber space Rarely looking up to see a human face Free thinking is dying Muscles are atrophying I think I have found People are not smarter, but dumbing down Keyboard courage, slinging hate from afar Hiding behind an avatar We suffer from a terrible affliction It's called binary addiction So I see on many a blank face The fate of the human race Cyber world: one Humans: zero All 'dim ones and zeros programming contest poetry contest Sponsored by: Brahm Baily 10/3/18