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/
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/
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