Make-Believe

Children live in a virtual world,

information at their fingertips
anything they want to learn is available
with free tutorials. No shelves lined with books
or hours of uninterrupted time
filled with fantasy and pretending. 

No paper dolls set in their own dramas
of mystery and vanity. No construction sites
with roadways and Tonka trucks. No good guys
and bad guys chasing each other around
the yard, through the house and down the street
with all the neighborhood kids involved 

However convenient it is to click on a screen
with instant messaging and tweeting
something is lost …
an imaginative life in the realm
of make-believe.