PARODY Poem: “The Scroll Not Stopped”, by Alexandra Shandrenko

Two feeds diverged on a blue-lit screen,
And sorry I could not check them both
And be one user, long I leaned
And stared down one as far as seen
To where it spiraled in endless growth;

Then took the other, just as fair,
And perhaps with content more enticing;
Because it was trending and full of air,
Though as for that, the views seemed rare
And had me too much time mispricing.

Both that morning equally lay
With likes and shares that none could save.
Oh, I kept the rst for another day!
Yet knowing how clicks lead on to stay,
I doubted if I’d come back and behave.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two feeds diverged in a web, and I—
I took the one with memes to try,
And that has made all the dierence.

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