A mess of meaningless messages

I sit here waiting, staring at

an electronic screen filled with

messages of special offers,

cheap air fare on last minute flights,

new flashes, quotes of the day,

Brookstone, Home Depot,

someone in a foreign country who

needs my help/money and will make me a

millionaire if I send it to them

Political garbage sent by

those who feel it will do some good

Do I know what my credit score is?

Who gives a crap?

Mortgage rates, car loans,

homeowners insurance,

Hot deals, cool deals, sweet deals,

Deals, deals, deals - deal this

 

A mess of meaningless messages,

blink and a new one has arrived,

sneeze and two or three more are waiting,

messages, worthless messages, unending messages

messages about nothing, a big pile of empty nothing

 

Unless they are messages from you -

and for those I am still waiting

 

 

still waiting

 

 

Reviews

[Frieda P]

It's so frustrating and annoying as fook....wasn't expecting that ending, nice way to top it off Will...

[willweb]

Frieda P thank you so much for your nice comments on my poem. I am happy you liked it.

[Lydia Shutter]

Checking email and finding only those ridiculous offers and deals is so frustrating...especially when you are waiting for an email from that certain someone! You have expressed the frustration and the stress of it all very well in this poem.....and the longing is strong too. I liked it. Lydi**

[willweb]

Thank you so much Lydi for your nice comments today. I am happy you enjoyed this one.

[Aethereal]

Most of your poem set the stage for the final lines. Good flow! I was inspire to write you this gift poem:

Messages

Messages of love and care
are the ones we wish to share,
all the others we must bear
as the ones in disrepair
be it a rude questionnaire
or a money pitch, a snare.

[willweb]

Thank you so much Aethereal for your nice comments and the poem. It was great. I am happy you liked this one.