1, 2, 3... Easy as A B C?

Look up here—
yes, on the wall!
I have a complaint
that is sure to appall.

You would think it would be a basic skill, reading a clock. I've asked people countless times, 'What time is it?' Then they look at their watch and are unable to tell me the time without looking at their phone. Umm.... why do you have a freaking watch if you're not going to use it?! Hello, it has another function other than sitting on your wrist—telling time?

The people of this house—
they cannot read me!
I'm simply put on the wall
for all to SEE—
Not use!
Oh, woe, it will be a sad day
when a connection to my hands & numbers
cannot be made.

Recently, the amount of people using analog clocks has dropped dramatically. This event isn't surprising. I mean, think about it! Now, there are digital clocks everywhere--in our homes, school hallways, and many other locations. People argue, "It takes too long to read an analog clock. I can look at a digital clock and get the time immediately. Why waste time?" This is understandable.

The intelligence of these humans,
well, it's hard to deny.
They can make devices to fly, communicate, tell time—
Sci-Fi!

However, what happens to our generation? Kids these days rely on their many technological devices to tell them all they need. Instead of looking at a watch, people whip out their phones to tell the time, date, Darren Criss' birthday--everything at the tips of our fingers.

Is that what we really want?

Sure, these advancements make our lives ridiculously easier, but with these devices, our education must suffer. In our schools, there are digital clocks everywhere. I have only seen one analog clock, and a teacher bought it for her room! The further we go on in our education, the less we seem to rely on the book and ourselves. We now go to Google with all our questions instead of our teachers. With the many skills no longer needed with our new technology, clock reading seems to be the first to go.

But while geniuses make gadgets galore—
(that take a load off people's lives)
I'm afraid the education of people is torn
(the rot--forming in their minds!).

Personally, I love clocks. They have a certain rustic charm--objects that have been around for hundreds of years: a direct companion of the sundial. If we let the analog clocks simply disappear from our lives, we would be missing a part of our history and lead us to a future of possible stupidity. Soon, intelligence chips could be installed in our heads and we could 'know' everything, but we would know nothing. As soon as the failure of technology happens, we would be helpless without the help of our technological advances and devices. We would turn into nothing as helpless as newborns.

Now heed the words I have said and will say,
just keep them in your mind.
Think of when the digital clocks go—
you'll surely be in a bind.

But that's worst case scenario.

...do you want to chance it?

No. You don't. Therefore, we should read analog clocks and push to learn without the use of our technology!

Now go buy a watch or something...

With technology out—
forgotten and lost with time.