TELEPHONE

I try to hold a conversation. .

You're scrolling on your phone.

I try to tell you a joke.

You're scrolling on your phone.

I ask you about your day

You're scrolling on your phone. 

I hear you laughing. 

You're scrolling on your phone. 

I see you smiling.

You're scrolling on your phone.

Music playing in the background on the radio.

You're phone listening to music.

A movie is showing on tv.

You watch something on your phone.

I call you...

You don't answer.

I message or.text.

No reply.  Yet you are in the vicinity.

You try to talk to me.

I don't respond.  I don't care anymore.

Go.scroll in your phone.

Fin.

This right here

MESSAGE

It's easier to build strong children, than to repair broken men--Frederick Douglas