Numbing

Today
I saw two small kids
playing with an i-pod
in the metro
while their mom was
talking to a friend.

My kids
went to sit next to these kids
first
but then
one
decided to
empty his sand-full rubberboot
into
the floor
it was a lot
of sand...

Getting exited from
some surrounding
laughters
they both
started to
romp and roll,
run and
hung on the handrails
all this
accompanied with
noise.
A lot
of noise.

Managed to
make them sit
in another part of
the metro.
Some people smiled.
Some changed their seats.

I concluded
that some parents
numb their kids
with i-pods.
My kids
numb themselves
with romp and rolls.
... they really
seemed to have
forgotten
the existence of me
or other
people...
Oh.