Glitch In the Matrix

The Soup is playing tricks on me
Or I am losing what is left 
On my grasp on reality
And WhatsHisName’s committed theft.

Time and again, I write a verse,
Submit it to a contest next,
Return to find it gone, or worse,
Imagine holes in my cortex.

I know I’ve goofed a time or two,
I might go high as three or four,
But, Soup, you’ve got a glitch in you
And it’s not one that I adore.

Abecedarian I am,
But steady at this game of late,
By double-check, careful exam
To see my poem through the gate.

On my return on the next day,
I’ll check to see if it’s still there,
And, nope, appears it’s gone away;
A real pain in the derrière.

It’s probably some kind of sign:
Eschew the contests and just write,
But is this problem only mine,
Or have you also had this fight?
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Hankins Avatar
May 22, 2022 at 10:17 AM
Jeff, I have not encountered this problem, but I know it does exist. On the other hand, I've had poems I submitted to a contest that I wish would have disappeared. My best poems are written for little ol' me, not for contests. I write some real rubbish for those things, for which I am most ashamed!
Hankins Avatar
May 22, 2022 at 10:22 AM
Jeff, don't miss Michael Kalavik's "Occam's Butter Knife."
Calasibetta Avatar
May 22, 2022 at 7:55 AM
I too have experienced a glitch or two but nothing as dramatic as what you are experiencing. Hope you can get to the bottom of it. :)Paulette
Logan Avatar
May 22, 2022 at 6:18 AM
The soup has more than one glitch gremlin. They take turns being mischievous and yes, they are a pain in the butt
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