WhatsApp Doc? (Three Years Hence)
I must admit three years ago,
my blog was going rather slow.
I labored hours for paltry views.
My “follows” came by ones or twos.
I thought that if I never bored,
I’d be the blog that all adored.
The world would wind up at my door
begging me for even more!
I wrote about what piqued my interest
without ever joining “Pinterest;”
and when it came to using “Twitter,”
I must admit, I was a quitter.
The fact that I’ve attained no fame?
I only have myself to blame.
With “Instagram” beyond my grasp,
my social chain has no real clasp.
I thought my blog was doing fine,
though I’d not heard about the “Vine.”
I fear I was a “Snapchat” dunce.
“Tumbir?” I’d heard it mentioned once.
“MeetMe,” “ Omegie,” “Skout” or “Tinder?”
These sites to meet the other gender
simply were beyond my ken.
(I wasn’t very savvy then.)
I did not “Whisper,” but only talked.
When it came to “Yik Yak,” this girl balked.
Since my chats did not have any “Snap.”
No need for “Burn Note” as an app.
I was, I fear, real out of it.
Somehow, I did not seem to fit.
I did not find such apps amusing.
These sites I merely found confusing.
Instead, I chose to merely blog.
Like rolling off of any log,
I found it easier to do––
to merely stage a minor coup.
And that is why I still plod on.
Why even now I have not gone
viral on the Internet
or become a global pet.
The followers I have, I love.
They fit as well as any glove.
I read them and they read me,
existing symbiotically.
So this is how we’ve all gone on––
sending thoughts from here to yon––
forming friendships as we go,
even though we’re sort of slow!
This blog is dedicated to all of the wonderful bloggers and other viewers I’ve met over the past three years as well as old friends who have stuck with me. You’ve fueled my world!! Thanks to Common Sense Media for cluing me in to some of these apps and sites formerly unknown to me.
The Prompt: Ebb and Flow–Our blogs morph over time, as interests shift and life happens. Write a post for your blog — but three years in the future.
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