On Electronics
   By Dianne

“Dance, Aga, dance!”

The tunes from the TV ad

Awaken her little spirit,

As I hang Grandpa’s shirts

And ‘get down’ for Hillary

“I pay iPad?” her request

For the umpteenth time today.

Tiny fingers, barely an inch and a half long

Flit across the screen

Competently opening and closing

Programs until she finds her choice

and she sings “Twinkle, twinkle”

in her exquisite baby voice

along with her iPad.

Another ad comes on TV and she

Motions to the remote, expecting

Me to fast forward to her program.

She totters into the kitchen and

Opens the freezer and drags

Out the bag of chicken nuggets,

Jabbering and pointing to the microwave.

Two and a half minutes later

she is dipping her favorite lunch

In ketchup while she watches

Dora solve problems on TV.