[Gm]Floating up from pockets
[Bb]Eyes drifting downward
[C]Magnetic in their sockets
[F]Radio-active mobile phones
[Gm]Glowing like precious stones
[Bb]Mesmerizing the Joneses
[C]Into feeling all alone
[F]Checking checking checking checking
[Gm]Checking checking checking checking
[Bb]Checking checking checking checking ...
(Instagram / TikTok)
[F]Am I actually doing something
[Gm]And what was it?
[Bb]Why am I on Craigslist?
[C]Oh, look at this!
[F]Checking checking checking checking
[Gm]Checking checking checking checking
[Bb]Checking checking checking checking ...
(Ebay! Kajiji! Etsy!)
There seems to be a vortex
Of people wearing gore-tex
Incessantly texting
Their prospects and their exes
Texting texting texting texting
Texting texting texting texting
Texting texting texting texting …
Special person...
Mechanical contraptions
Engineered for distractions
Fracturing the masses
Into fractious fascist factions
Checking checking checking checking
Checking checking checking checking
Checking checking checking checking
(The News / Facebook / Twitter)
There's something on the internet
I'd really like to check
It's probably irrelevant
But it'll only take a sec
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Connection timed out
Checking checking checking checking
Checking checking checking checking
Checking checking checking checking
The News, Email, Twitter, Facebook,
What's App, Telegram, YouTube,
Likes & Follows, Giphy, TikTok, Pinterest,
Snapchat, Tinder, MSN, Instagram,
Online Dating, Ebay, Kajiji, Usenet,
MySpace, AOL, Yahoo, FourSquare
HackerNews, Reddit, Slashdot,
Server Logs, Website Traffic...
Not checking not checking not checking
Not checking not checking not checking
Definitely not checking not checking ...