Multimedia Mania

As yet another all singing all dancing product is thrust upon us an observation on today’s obsession with phones.

Through the labyrinth of city street

People gaze towards their feet

They’re living in a twilight zone

Life usurped by mobile phone

Multimedia monsters dwell

In violent games of false-life hell

Craving attention of eye and hand

Slaves acquiesce to stern demand

Ignoring traffic’s strident boom

They check the latest crass chat room

Steadfastly ignoring all their peers

Blast latest pop into damaged ears

Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, all

Hold them in demanding thrall

The Twitterati they must heed

To satisfy their craven need

Living life though a tiny screen

Seems to be a tad obscene

When reality’s happening all about

Trusty ear buds keep it out

When they meet friends it doesn’t end

Loads of selfies they must send

To everyone they’ve ever known

To prove their popular and not alone

Must have the latest, fastest, best

Of their status it’s a test

My model’s the latest ‘Apple Spew’

So I’m a better guy than you

What sad futures are foretold

For those poor souls as they grow old

Living through the multimedia

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