Children with nimble, screen-sliding thumbs
and gleaming eyes of digital mastery
possess powers they smugly underestimate
as they navigate worlds of pixelated light.
They tap and swipe with expertise
that would shame many adult novices,
yet feign debilitating incomprehension when
faced with a mop's simple mechanics.
The same hands that program robot toys
could easily adjust washer settings too.
The minds that memorize complex passwords
might also learn to separate laundry.
Those fingers that execute perfect combos
could just as deftly load a dryer.
The intelligence navigating virtual cities
seems lost before a simple vacuum.
Strange how capability becomes selective,
how tech-savvy turns to helpless confusion,
how digital natives become analog strangers
when chores enter the conversation.
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Loved this one. One might also say parental hands that steer large trucks through crowded streets might steer their children through moral choices, Professionals that practice health care might teach their children the benefits of proper diet and exercise, parents that practice law might teach their children to keep it. Those that are in construction should teach their children how to build a future and those that are in lawn maintenance teach their children how to cut their own lawn. A good write Gray
Thanks Soren I appreciate your ideas on this one
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