Kids today

I see them 
on the way to Tim Horton's
dragged along
in elaborate
multicoloured
contraptions
gazing here and there
faces bewildered 
blank
or pushed
in strollers
bundled up
against 
a breeze.

Do they wear shoes?
Can they tie their shoes?
Do they fall down?
Get dirty?
Get lost?

Here comes another one
a little potentate
in a plastic wagon
patiently anticipating
his timbits
hauled along 
by his 
distracted
mother.

Enclosing our garden
is a low row
of ceramic brick
just the right height
for hopping up
and balancing along
and not long ago
they couldn't
resist
but now
they can't see it
down there.
Just as well
really. 
You never know. 
They might
stumble.