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Put Down Your Phone

No matter when they gather
    I'm still so all alone.
Because no matter what the time of day
    they're always on their phones.
Early morning dawn to dusk
    they talk and text away.
Afraid some trivial bit of news
    will escape their friends display.

My only respite is dinner time
    when phones are out of bounds.
Where they eat like imprisoned animals
    trapped inside a pound.
When finally done at supper...they sit
    and give me puppy eyes.
In hopes I will give the word
    and free them before they die.

I've reached the end of my tether
    and must get them to agree.
So I call an emergency meeting
    in hopes to save our family.
We talk the night away
    and come up with a daunting plan.
To spend more time together
    where all our phones are banned.

Maybe it might be real
    maybe it might come true.
A family filled with caring
    taking time for me and you.
So my Dears, forget about your Twitter
    and put away your phone.
We'll start bonding on the morrow
    cause I'm watching 'Game of Thrones.'

                    The End

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Michelle Faulkner

Date: 5/16/2019 11:29:00 AM

I completely agree, people are too dependant on their electronics and are losing the ability to have real conversations (of course, I'm doing this on MY phone, so what does that say?)

Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/16/2019 10:35:00 AM

Love the twist at the end...Once it was the TV...before that the radio and the newspaper...before that...?? Excellent write illustrating hypocrisy across the generations. :) gw

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 5/15/2019 12:10:00 PM

Fine write David with great counsel and wise discernment for this age to wake up to. It really annoys me having to listen to other people's conversation travelling on the bus. Well penned.

Panagiota Romios

Date: 5/14/2019 1:41:00 PM

Panagiota..,100% in your corner, I don't buy the bill of goods, " well that's the way it is!" To go to an extreme, as I am bent to do And tick people off))) These people who think its OK to ditch family for phones. If the Nazis were to arise , they would fold before them too, Avid called phone hater, Panagiota

Sunlite Wanter

Date: 5/14/2019 10:36:00 AM

Better catch them when they're young. Adults have been programmed. Your friends drop by, say "Oh, how glad we are to see you," then drop in a chair, say "I've got to get this," and visiting is over.

M. L. Kiser

Date: 5/14/2019 7:56:00 AM

That truly is the way. Great piece!