Selfie
take a picture, shoot your shot
add a filter because “you’re not hot”
another selfie, another day
scrolling, scrolling…
“oh that looks cute”
your thumb in hot pursuit
more hearts, the better so
another selfie, another day
sunrise, sunset
“I wonder how many likes I’ve gotten yet”
at dinner, the routine the same:
another selfie, another day
cup #3 of your favorite coffee (because the others “didn’t look right”)
sip by day, read by night
every action documented by
another selfie, another day
now much older with not much life left,
your hand in a position known by muscles quite deft
you slowly raise your arm like years before and
‘snap!’
was a picture of you with your family & put on an app; goodbye
the same as years go by,
another selfie, another day