Tormented by Twitter,

Polluted by Facebook,

The tinsel of Snapchat;

Jack-booted by Google,

Addicted to Buy-back

On Amazon, E-bay –

A child in the cradle

Distracted by baubles.

Rob Lowe’s poems have recently been accepted by Nine Muses Poetry, Seventh Quarry, The Green Light, Dwell Time and elsewhere. He lives in North Wales (U.K.), and is a member of The Open University Poetry Society. Sadly, he does not drink.