Thechnoplane

When I was sick and lay a-bed

I had my cell phone by my head,

And my laptop beside me lay

To keep me happy all the day.

And sometimes for an hour or so

I watched my favorite TV show,

With characters with different skills,

And a villain whom the hero kills;

And sometimes sent my friend a text,

Scrolled up and down on Facebook next;

Or brought my selfie camera out,

With Snapchat filters all about.

My attention span was short and still

I had a lot of time to kill,

And so I spent my waisted brain

In the virtual land of Technoplane.

By Lily Hawkins

Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Counterpane”