Don'T Fret It - Write It
lives clogged with gadgetry
like drains on overflow
young minds scurried atop tech pitchforks
that never know a garden
hand extensions clutching spectacles of risk,
cat airs or lost direction
sites that numb and slacken awareness
like selfies that nix the problem of real-time
interaction
web meandering connections
that blunt kooky-cool love
midst screens clutched in hands like roses
because one can't perceive layers of worth
beneath
where influencers babble in throwaway buying
under a stupefying list of 'likes'
under images of self interest
sometimes tic-toc addiction, time distracting
to steal showtime moments like trees
pressed against a multi-colored sky
or the under valued stillness of
reading
oh to chew up the grid of "cells" that flicker
the world in
luminosity,
stark
and fraying
Poem composed June 14, 2023
Copyright © Brian Sambourne | Year Posted 2023
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