Social ? Media - Ian Renouf-Watkins

She ghosted me man, ‘like’ totally cut me off
He posted me girl, ‘like’ totally in the buff
Influencers tend to their mindless herds
‘Random’ and senseless as utter turds

Swiping a screen has become such a habit
Thumbs get more sex than an average rabbit
Instant answers even when wrong
Like prefab intelligence very soon gone

Vocabulary is ‘so like’ mmm, ‘so not’ good
That congenital idiots appear understood
Messaging via an ‘app’ is apparently talking
And straightforward dialogue totally insulting

Feminism has been replaced in a makeover
Pictured powdered girls pouting moreover 
Trying so hard to look ‘so’ just perfect
Going too far and ‘like’ losing self-respect

Hairless air-brushed bodies presented
Girls and boys ‘so’ mentally stunted
Swipe left for no and ‘like’ right for yes
It’s hardly surprising they’re a total mess

Turn off the phone then ‘like’ leave it alone
Surgically extract it from your hand bones
Look up not down and perhaps be totally cool
And don’t get run over on the way to f’ing school

Ian Renouf-Watkins

Image : Pixabay - Firmbee

Two Sides To Every Story - Lyndon Queripel

There’s two sides to every story
But we’ll listen to yours first
Have you changed it for the better
Or just left it for the worst
You’ve been drinking lies like water
But haven’t quenched your thirst

There’s two sides to every story
The inside and the out
Together with your explanation
You ride your roundabout
Hoping experience will give
The benefit of the doubt

There’s two sides to every story
And two to every penny
But you’ve run out of words
You’ve already used too many
Now you’re looking for excuses
But you know you haven’t any

There’s two sides to every story
But you’ve yet to hear mine
It’s your turn for your ears to burn
And disguise your eyes to shine
I’ve rolled some gold into my silence
And put my values on the line.

Lyndon Queripel