How did we get to where we are now

With iPads and mobiles and all things technological?

Messaging, emails, air drops and more

Things go out of date once they leave

the factory floor.

To some of us it's seems only a short life ago,

when spinning tops reigned, and rocking horses

were all the go.

The cursory Christmas stocking filled

with surprises, like oranges, nuts and dates

in different colours, shapes and sizes

Thought we'd won the lottery, if we got

a Scalextric or some tea set pottery.

Shoes were actually made of leather

Not synthetic, with canvas uppers

and plastic soles that let in the weather 

Everything now is like a substitute for the real

An android doesn't have the same feel,

touch or smell when you hold it close

It doesn't make you as warm as toast

Like when you cuddled your dolly or hid

your tin soldiers, from brothers and bullies

and those who were older.

Don't get me wrong life's gadgets are great,

even CCTV and electric gates

All these things make you feel much safer

in crazy, scary and volatile places

But why do we need to be put through

our paces, and be left with a look

of distain on our faces?

Robots in factories robbing us humans

of work, planning and calculations

But an android can't sort out

industrial relations!

I mean, since when did robots go on strike?

The Urban Poet 2018