What time does the last bus leave and where is it going?

Question

Mommy's Little Precious.

Shooting and bombing

And slashing and kicking

And burning and beating

And stamping and killing

And maiming and hurting

And knifing and punching

And dancing.

Arms raised

Over the fallen,

Broken bodies

Of his foes.

On the other side of the Windows

Where Mummy doesn't go

While she drinks a glass

Of Sauvignon Blanc downstairs

Her well behaved boy

Plays in his room, alone.

As a childhood withers

On the untended vine

Of conversation and connection.

The baby sitter

Doesn't care about him.

He's caught the 4.0 Armageddon

Special Serial Bus

To a place where

Darker fruit grows.

Try not to weep

As you reap

What you sow.

Answer 1

Extremely visual. The last three lines are superb. Although the expression is Biblical, in this poem it takes on new meaning and strength.

Answer 2

Neglected children - keeping their minds occupied - by video games of violence - where virtual reality - tempers the way to actuality ♥

Answer 3

I like this poem, much. Children have no time to be children anymore.

and it shows most everywhere. Kudos.

Answer 4

A striking poem about a real problem in society.I wish all the violence on TV and in games etc. were banned. We'd all reap such benefits.

I like - childhood withers on the untended vine of conversation and connection - very well put. Some parents are just too tired, some ignorant/thoughtless, some deliberately so.

Excellent poem, thankyou for sharing.

Answer 5

Use the internet for good instead of evil? ok

Disparate lives are lived under the same roof these days. It is a sad commentary on people seeking connection with virtual reality as a replacement for human contact.

The virtual world has become a babysitter and a thief.

Answer 6

I do like this one quite a bit.

Not sure about the babysitter line, but I'm a pessimist, there's got to be something wrong with a great poem. :P Maybe, maybe not.

Answer 7

You've tapped into a terrible problem there.  Seen it many times, always wondered at the final outcome.  Very observant!

Answer 8

A good warning...I hope there are still parents who read and play with their kids, turn off the puter and the idiot box...