Screen Time

Sometimes there's too much people
Even for a people person to endure
Arguing incessantly
I never comprehended the allure
The talk to listen ratio
Is sitting right at 65 to 1
The fight for my attention span
Is waging but it's never really won
Dopamine on time release
The tech has hacked my brain
Click and scroll on overload
My resources are drained
No way to put the genie back inside
Even though it's poisoning our minds
Look around at what a mess we've made
It started harmless now we're being played
I always find myself at home
Though it's the mobile age
I think of what I used to do
As I disengage
Interstate 10 turn it up
And pretend that there's no static
All that we can hope is the song is done
Before it turns to Spanish
Conversation's good, but I think
I'll sit out a couple plays
Fort Stockton's in the rear view
But San Antone is still quite a ways
My phone is blowing up
So I should check it
That's the prudent thing to do
Did our country go to war
Or is my mortgage payment overdue
Targeted ad placement tells me
That I need to purchase coffee pods
And judging by demeanor
Meghan and the royal family are at odds
Gotta read the comments feed
A bloodbath as always
Add to cart a shaky start
I didn't last one day
No way to put the genie back inside
Even though it's poisoning our minds
Look around at what a mess we've made
It started harmless now we're being played