Tap, tap
Wandering eyes
Search but never settle.
Click, click
Attention! Attention!
Sluggishly slow and completely absent
Of mind and body,
Desperate for a distraction; chills and sweat-
I cannot function
Breathe, live frivolously
Until my eyes can just focus!
Blah, blah!
Alert! Alert!
A winged horse bursts through
The windows; unnoticed and ignored
By the faceless drones,
Eyes glued to the glowing screen.
But I notice.
For I am too distracted, too different
From the others.
I follow the winged horse,
Jump on its back
And close my eyes
as I laugh.
Mecca-Amirah Jackson 