The poem describes the loneliness of a person overly dependent on technology for social connection. They use social media and the latest devices to try to feel accepted, but still feel lonely and dislike how they present themselves online. While technology allows connections without real human contact or relationships, it also isolates the person from the real world and traps them in an "inescapable net".

1. Unplugged
By Marvin Foronda
Five hundred friends and I’m still lonely.
But as long as I have technology,
I can make contact
Without making iContact.
I can form cliques with a few clicks.
Maybe with a few followers,
I can finally feel socially accepted.
You don’t like what you see?
Let me filter out my flaws
Delve deep into false identities
Because let’s be honest,
Who would like me
When I don’t even like my own selfies?
Call me crazy, but I love to Sprint© for the newest consoles
To console me, that
Maybe with the hottest model,
I can finally match with a hot model.
I’m so desperate for a human touch.
I’ll spark a flame.
Tinder her
Through my 140 characters.
Touch her through this touch screen.
4G LTE, I don’t have to worry
We’ll have a perfect connection
After all, we already cut off our human relation.
Opening new windows to connect to the outside world.
Dre Beats blasting,
Now I can’t hear birds tweet.
Lol
I don’t remember the last time
I actually laughed out loud.
Sitting here burrowed into my browsers,
Trapped by the inescapable net.
Forget the stars,
I can hold an entire Galaxy™.