To Friend Or Not To Friend
to friend or not to friend, that is not the question
I'll be damned but I'm game
These facts cannot be left unstated
whether it is right to suffer
the lingering stings of speculative moments
or just to click the button and add
and in much suspense wait to be accepted...
... to like, to delete, to poke....
no more and by delete to say we end
the heartache and the thousand natural shocks
from endless notifications,
Some to block and others promote
and escalate to instagram and skype
and grab a chance to live in style
true to form, you thought i wouldn't have known
oh, don’t say why, we all need
to like, to be liked
to inbox perchance to receive, eh, that is the dream
for in that one message pleasant realities may come
when one will have updated one’s status
attempting to prompt a response
hoping friends will like
there is the mistake
that turns to a disaster all of Facebook romance
for who could bear the responses of a lover's ex,
friends with benefits would pour disdain
on the ceaseless updates amounting to silly display
you two get an inbox, they'd say,
but from inbox and chat many shy away,
too much paper trail along the way
so, thus stated, still lingers the question paused
from the very first breath this poem has known
to friend or not to friend,
if yes, to what extent,
if not, then what is the next step?
Copyright © Kenny Gwena | Year Posted 2017
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