POEM
Bananas
A day in the life of a smart phone
hanging like a two-toed sloth
slobbering
dangling from a smart phone
juicy as mango
scrolling
scrolling
scrolling
like endless peeling clicking
the pictures of ripening fruit
papayas, pawpaw, pineapples
procrastinate on a pomegranate
drooling
drooling
drooling
licking the screen
tongue zooming in
on the fruit
tastelessly salivating
posing
posing
posting
post some selfies
get some likes
goggling eyes search
reflected a million million times
shrinking
shrinking
gobbling
gobbling
feel good
dopamine-hit
hit me
hit me
hit me
i’m swallowing the sloth
that’s feasting on my bile
burping on dulces
i’m spiked in a man-trap
clutching
clutching
clutching
losing my grip
manically exhausted
bananas
two arms’ length away
Inspired by a day of wasting time and at the end of it all feeling terrible and exhausted.
© Pablo St. Paul
English writer in Indonesia
