My Numbers Are Falling

The Medium Stats Blues

Khusen Rustamov (edited)

Why, oh, why
did I click on that link?
I should know better by now
At least that’s what you’d think

Still, the Stats call my name
and I answer their call
I get my hopes up
to soon watch them fall

My days of past glory
are a fading memory
My five-digit monthly stats
have now turned into three

And don’t get me started
on the money I earn
From dollars to pennies
my income has turned

Perhaps I should heed
those Medium guru’s advice
And just crank out more dreck
Twice the rubbish is nice

Well, it’s really my fault
I write fiction and humor
The big money is smut
I must have a brain tumor

I could write about crypto
Who doesn’t love NFTs?
Except I don’t have a clue
Do I have a disease?