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keep tapping on your mobiles, Fagin loves it

by @raj-arumugam

1 *Tap, tap, tap Pinch and expand Pinch and expand Tap, tap, tap* I love this dance you do my dearies, each one of you on your mobiles and devices We too play with our fingers and keep our eyes fixed on your pockets and purses and wallets *Tap, tap, tap Pinch and expand Pinch and expand Tap, tap, tap* Stay diverted - we love this what you do, me Fagin and all me children and Jack Dawkins too, that Artful Dodger 2 Come on, dear children of Fagin mine this here is Paradise All these people with eyes and fingers on their devices and brains in idle mode in these crowded malls - it’s our Paradise, dear babies mine Whilst they are so preoccupied let’s to our devices And we can pick, pick, pick whilst they tap, tap, tap 3 Ah ha, keep tapping on your mobiles each one of you, my dearies with your eyes on the mobile when at the shops and in crowds and at new year celebrations Keep your eyes there, indeed each one of you, my dearies Tap, tap, tap pinch and expand with 2 fingers on the screen eyes mostly there on your devices *Tap, tap, tap pinch, pinch, pinch* and let your two fingers burst like shooting stars All like a dance, as in a dance each one of you in public spaces, my dearies so do the merry dance of your fingers and eyes on the devices And we? We love this, me Fagin and all me children and Jack Dawkins too (that Artful Dodger) while You tap, tap, tap and we pick, pick, pick at this our harvest at shopping malls
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raj-arumugam
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Written by
raj-arumugam
Australian
Published
Dec 29, 2012
Time
3m
Notes

Fagin is that unsavory character from “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens who trains and bullies children into a life of pickpocketing and crime. Fagin, that “old gentleman”, would have loved our preoccupation with cell or mobile phones even when we are in crowded places - especially in crowded places.

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