People at Yellow Lights Scrolling

people walking downstairs tapping people
opening doors clicking people on toilets scrolling

clicking my witching rod pining
for escape people crossing streets tapping

people watching kids climbing clicking people
my pocket-sized trap door what I

touch most in a day if everyone does it it’s okay
my fingers skitter like wings over five-inch screens

jitter patterns through minutes I used to
pick up my head look around

the sprawl is inside me now
people in meetings scrolling frowning

people weed-wacking clicking people
jogging tapping A guy who used to work

for Facebook tells me They know exactly how to
hook you Don’t feel bad about being addicted So I shouldn’t

feel guilty for texting when my friend is telling
me a story when my kids are yelling for help

when the light is yellow people
at stoves tapping people on bikes scrolling

scrolling people kissing clicking people
clicking scrolling people tapping

clicking people I just have to check this one thing
scrolling clicking scrolling people

My son tells me how he ends his bad dreams: I blink