Playground affairs

Missing signal on phone
No option to tweet
Sit and write rhymes
A need I will meet

Watching the parents
Idle time by
As kids race around
Down slides they fly

Some read, some chat
Others stare in to space
No emotion, no passion
Displayed on their face

Kid's shouts sometimes
Raise their interest
Away from 'Hello'
Or one of Mills & Boon's best

What do you do
When they're lost in play
Don't want to share with you
Like they're miles away

Are you at a loose end
Or do you implement a scheme
Take a small breather
Block out every single scream

Better go now though
They want to play a machine
Roll their two-pennies
While eyes flash with green

I'll stand wearily by
Keeping an overview
And describe everything
In these words for you