I'm looking at my Facebook
Friend, what do I see?
I'm certain she was frumpish
Now curvy she looks, see?

Photoshopped

Wot's that?....?

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A hidden secret
of sorrow
waits to be found
finding out
is the key.

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Nice little poem there Nigel, Cheers for that. There is a mystery waiting to be written behind that you know, you built up a bit of suspense....what will the bitter regret end up being?

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Thanks for reading Adam, this social media comparison is something that can affect everyone ,I think whether you're young or old, but when people get jealous about someone's perfect life, they forget how staged the images can sometimes be. Digital Detoxing can be good, cut back then come back refreshed!

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Thanks For reading Don, glad those lines resonated with you

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Purple finger
Facebook friend
tweet tweet
unplug now
or regret
waits in
bitter end.

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I have recently had to cut way back on social media. I think the same things that adolescents are susceptible too, so are old men such as myself. Somehow I got sucked onto caring too much about others presentations of themselves and my own in a way that I never did before all this stuff. Great reminder.

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Very good Ruth. I liked the opening lines:

A perfectly edited

Existence

Resists the truth

Of reality.....

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