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30 Poems in 30 Days
Enshittification
Poem the twenty-seventh
The buyout is inevitable
The compromise just this once
Turning into a thousand tiny cracks
In the hull of unsinkable ships.
Cutting corners to make things smoother,
The bottom line tugging on the anchor,
Shareholders demanding more than crumbs
From the pie they helped to pay for.
No one wants to rock the boat.
But there simply aren’t enough liferafts.
Progress marches on past the smoking wrecks;
The sky is always bluer from another deck.
I’ll jump ship as many times as I can
To keep my head above water.
I’m allergic to change, but change
Is better than staying in a toxic relationship.
This poem is part of a challenge (to myself) to write 30 poems in 30 days to celebrate turning 30. If you’d like to join me in writing a poem a day from March 6–April 5, use the Medium tag “30dayswritingchallenge” and mention me @clawrenc so I can read your poems.
