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From Distraction Comes Inaction - A Haiku for You

By Elizabeth MacKinnonPublished 3 years ago Updated about a year ago 1 min read

Before computers

Kids played outside all day long

Now screens keep them caged.

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Elizabeth MacKinnon

Hi! Eclectic writing shared at unscheduled intervals. Decades of practice through the old-school art of putting pen to paper. Challenging myself to share more freely and openly in this pixel-perfect digital arena. Comments welcome. Cheers!

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  • Elizabeth MacKinnon (Author)about a year ago

    In the early days of video games, we ate up all the little pixels…now all the little pixels are consuming us.

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