***%) Grazing on screens in eerie greening sheen
‘Smartphonies’ engage at a flicker
on their ubiquitous gadgets
spouting latest cool banter quicker
regressed in abysmal habits
Hail, Time Gobbling Vulture
of the texting kind!
In virtual culture
why exert one’s mind?
Mindless grazing, gazing
in screens’ greenish sheen
inviting, debasing
shackled to routine
‘Smartphonies’ slavishly lock eyes
with Siren Screens seductive
enticing, devious device:
Crisp, collusive, corruptive
Their attention scatters feathery
while enfeebling human memory
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-Sirens = (Greek mythology) Sirens were beautiful creatures, who lured sailors with their enchanting music and sweet voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island
-‘smartphonies’ = those who traded their pacifier (a gateway ‘drug’) for a smart phone
edited 12/18/24 0930