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Like Spam

 

Your spam folder is empty

the notice says

it is feeling unwanted

and even jealous

of your brimming In-box

which is always crammed full

of stuff that is

inviting and exciting

 

but here sits your poor Spam box

all by itself

empty

and pouting

like an cranky child

 

it's bad enough that it has

that lousy name "Spam"

but how would you like to be named

after some reconstituted meat

made out of parts

of God knows what

 

pink meat

that tastes like ...

like...

like.......

 

like Spam!

 

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keith jeffries

Sun 23rd Feb 2020 12:21

d.k.,

Another good poem. I remember spam as a boy, it was pretty horrible stuff and tasted nothing like meat. Esoteric language is an increasing problem in today's world, hence spam on computers which has nothing to do with meat but unwanted mail. The police no longer shoot or kill a criminal, instead they neutralise him. it's all very confusing.

Thanks
Keith

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