A poem by Mark Farley

Hugs are more important than potatoes

I made a group 

on Facebook 

called 'Hugs 

                   are more important than potatoes'

And it was long ago

First posts were puns 

on nature

How appealing, said 

   the common tater

No need to waffle on

Then came a wave 

of pictures

a heart-shaped potato 

  a tuber-hugging kitten

    a lonely unhugged spud

After two years of silence

    while potatoes and hugs

   returned to the world 

  in which they wait

 when not needed

Those less-important potatoes

And those more-important 

                                          hugs

Received a hefty dose

                                    of spam

I logged on

to attack said spam

 To hunt it down with knife

 and spade

Spam deserves its fate

And it was then I noticed

that Facebook shortens names

According to the group's title:

   Hugs are more important 

   than pot

Should I change 

the group name?

   Should I rearrange 

      the text to make

         a safer shortening?

Or should I just look

 and smile

  and maybe laugh

   or giggle

And move on with my life



Mark Farley is a freelance writer, web developer and occasional moustache-grower. He was raised in Zimbabwe where he survived two dog maulings, a swarm of killer bees, and being run over by a horse. Now he lives with a trio of invisible robotic cats in Swindon, UK. Please find him on Twitter (@mumbletoes) or Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mumbletoes) and say hello -- he'd love to hear from you, especially if you enjoyed the poem! You can read more of his work on http://mumbletoes.blogspot.co.uk/