Get Off The Phone!

• Kyan Luu, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2015

Children today are worse than they'd been
their noses 2 inches from a fancy screen.
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr
they are life’s most nasty babblers.
Posts and pics, vids and animations
what is wrong with this generation?
Boasting, commenting, showing affection
horribly by far the worst, worst addiction.
Subscribe! Subscribe! Comment! Like!
There’s no need to dislike, dislike!
Time to interact! Time to be civilised
after hours of chatting, go and just socialise!
And I bet you’re wondering, how on Earth these teens became like this?
Well I’ll tell you how
Because of... Huh? Are you even listening? Get off the phone!