I measure my days
In steps
Counted by a device
Which steals my time
In rapidly increasing
Increments
Are 10,000 steps enough?
Is three hours of screen-time
Too much?
I’m not even watching porn!
(It’s all porn
really.)
It makes me wonder:
Did I ever watch
This much TV
Or care
About the plight of a people
To quite this extent?
What can I do?
Should I switch off?
Or simply donate
To one of the many charities
Which are doing the work
I wish I could do
The question is not
How much can I afford
But how much will offset
The discomfort I feel
Every time I read
About the ones they’ve left behind.