La La Land

Disappear into your smart phone, the world outside is doomed Your few remaining human traits, have long since left the room Disappear into your smart phone, all life beyond is lost Your feelings truly virtual, you’ve paid a mighty cost Disappear into your smart phone, while others stand beside And just like you they tap their screens, faint proof that they’re alive Disappear into your smart phone, as time is winding down All spirit tapped, emotion strapped, your history lost, unfound Disappear into your smart phone, that bed you’ve left unmade Your spirit cries as memory dies, whose LaLa land you crave Disappear into your smart phone, its power now supreme Your knowledge mapped and future trapped —your destiny undreamed (Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)