Vortex

Knowledge dwindling.
Emotions shrivelling

I’m through the tunnel
You’re cutting out
Soon be at the station

Privacy invaded
Conversations shouted

Internet apparatus
Facebook ubiquitous

Texting. Tweeting
Multi-tasking

Endlessly shopping

Tap, tap, tapping

Cash now digits
Apps fixed by widgets.

Need a location?
Sat Nav application

Flashes destination
Telescoping digitalisation

Smart phones cradled
Thinking Googled

Eyes down addicted
Digitally distracted

Gigabytes, kilobytes
Memory mega-banks

No need to remember
Dumb and dumber

Flows of information
Knowledge an illusion

Lacking focus
Blunted hippocampus

Stop the world
I’m feeling nauseous.

• Joy Johnson works in Unite’s political department