Observations While cycling

I pedal forward
Precariously balancing lunch bag on one handle
Laptop bag on other handle
Handbag slung over the shoulder

Ahead of me come two teenage girls
Fairly identical
Pale skinned long hair in uniforms slight build  and both looking down on phones as they walk side by side
The new norm
I ring the bell.
They look up
Side step
Look down

I keep cycling
A junction
I have a minute to spare
My fingers itch
To reach for my phone
Who wastes time now?
To stop think reflect
It's reflex
Reach for the phone
Scroll
Then think maybe
Should i switch to Facebook orTwitter or Snapchat or Instagram
The light changes
I move on
A stop but not to think