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C. Gong

i don’t usually write poetry.

my thoughts express more readily in

short

telegraphic

text,

like twitter. there’s no poetry on twitter.

see,

those fingers can flitter across keys, and enable

immediate

thought-to-text translation.

use no ink and quill to decipher your mind’s musings.

expend no time --

here in the 21st century, we use

emojis

to communicate those pesky,

complicated

emotions.

seriously

do you know how many times

i had to backspace

to get rid of the autocorrect on the

i?

who do you think you are

trying to capitalize me

as if i had some sort of ego

or self-

worth?