Poem - The drama of modern life

David Smith
Apr 3, 2018
1 min read

Instagram gave me a stress

it loaded 13G onto my phone

I didn't know what to do

with such a mess.

So I deleted the app

and it was gone.

But I still had the pain,

so I sat in meditation

and deleted my disdain

and recovered again.

Remember how to Quit

you have to hit Start

for the windows

upon our soul.

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