It takes your money and robs you of time,
Chimes for attention, and rings with crime.
Your give it the power to mold and control
Unending hours, absorbed by its hold.
An instant response is expected, demanded.
Heeded is good but delayed? Reprimanded!
All in-person prowess becomes diminished.
Face to face talking so rarely gets finished.
A bully’s bat and a hacker’s treasure
Anonymity’s cover and popularity's measure.
The catfish pool where deceivers swim
And ransoms demanded at every whim.
Larceny’s tool for the unsuspecting,
Innocent calls for fund redirecting.
Our sense of purity known implicitly,
Is replaced with images shown explicitly.
It was made for our good, but buyer beware
There are dangers galore lurking there.
Be not deceived, what you hold is quite sinister
That cell phone of yours is a devious minister.
anger feeds off hurt
buried somewhere in your heart
in a shallow grave,
and in times of pain
memories resurrect it
restoring its strength
it needs no excuse
to weaponize cold contempt
unleashing hatred
on all those it blames
for life's failures and downfalls
while blind to the why
anger lacks control
it's a knee-jerk reaction
to a perceived slight;
an instant response
that's triggered by the desire
to send the hurt back
I-nstant response from you
A-ims to bring a cheer;
N-o one turns a blind eye,
N-or do they turn a deaf
E-ar.
P-rayer is sometimes replied
A-s fast as the speed of light;
C-all on the Almighty,
A-sk Him to set things aright.
M-onday September eleventh,
A-nswer all at once;
R-efrain from being numb,
A-llow for instant response.
A Modest Proposal
By Elton Camp
A solution to the nursing home problem found
There are two groups who must switch around
To nursing homes the criminals must move
The old folks to prison their lot to improve
Pensioners would get showers twice a week
And have interesting hobbies they can seek
For free all their medical needs will be met
And any necessary medications they’ll get
Constant video monitoring would be in place
To provide instant response just in case
Twice a week their bedding made clean
Clothes washed and ironed will be keen
Three square meals a day they’d enjoy
A library and weight room to employ
There’ll be a secure exercise yard
To get a television won’t be hard
The criminals would get meals cold
And have to do whatever they’re told
One shower a week will be all
And often no attendant to call
If they complain, nobody will care
Or listen to those living in there
Six thousand a month crooks will pay
And have no hope of ever getting away
For this proposal, criticism I may get
Though I can’t benefit from it yet
Of selfish motives I am free
It’s what seems best to me
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