In idle moments I am prone

To searches labyrinthian;

I spend too much time on my phone.

Squandered, the minutes I’m alone,

In googling facts quotidian.

In idle moments, I am prone

And scrolling hard. I’m in the zone!

An Instagram Olympian?

I spend too much time on my phone.

Next, the news so grim, I groan.

The world has gone vulgarian.

I spend too much time on my phone.

Once WAPO’s turned my heart to stone

I shop, unto oblivion.

I spend too much time on my phone.

By the Internet I am owned.

Yearnings fade; I’m no Joan Didion.

In idle moments I am prone.

I spend too much time on my phone

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6 COMMENTS

  1. When I search feverishly, labyrinthian,
    Instead of gardening, Hyacinthian
    I’d be better off to toss my phone
    And have a glass of Bourgogne.

    Nicely done villanelle, my sediments exactly.

  2. Karen, my feelings exactly, especially those on our political crisis. Yes, i’m on my phone, but mostly to recruit others for a 2025 people’s march january eighteen. Details will be on indivisible. Port townsend’s web page. We must unite and protect each other in the coming days. Linda Martin

  3. What a great way to start my day, Karen: a reminder not to waste it by letting my phone and fearful thoughts take over.
    Many thanks

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