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!
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