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Apple: Because I Chose It When I Was 12 And It’s Too Late Now

For a few months my iPhone

Had eight hours of life between charges,

Then the next model released

And my phone bill suddenly enlarges.

Oh, an update to iOS x+1?

That sounds like an important step.

Did it drop my battery life by 20 percent?

Unsurprisingly, that’s a big “yep”.

“It’s ok”, says my telephone rep.

“You can upgrade today for free.

“You’ll just change your phone number

“And sign here in blood

“And pay for 69 months interest-free!”

And so, in a rage, I go shopping

For whatever Android people buy,

Then I remember how all my app data

Only works if my phone has an “i”

And I slink to my room where my charger

Sits happily waiting to go.

I’ll repeat this emotional process

Every year for a lifetime or so.

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Almost Heaven, West Virginia?

There was an affordable city

That wasn’t all dirty and shitty.

Then it made the news

And earned plenty of views

And Californians are coming… a pity!

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Another Reason Not To Trust Rhyming Dictionaries

I think if I were an animal

I’d be a sea anemone

Because they’re not a popular animal

And I like to be left alone.

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Vegans Rejoice!

If you advertise a place

For a Weight Watchers meet and greet

But it’s not an officially-branded event

Is that an imitation pork meet?

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I Stole This Joke (Like The Second Guy, Probably)

Racism is crazy!

Like if you punch a white guy

You get arrested for assault

And your mama will cry

But if you punch a black guy

In the belly or head

You’re impersonating

A police officer instead.

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They Did This… Just Not For Us

If we’re forgiving student loans

I think we should consider

Just forgiving all debt ever.

Also, the getter-ridder

Should make everything be free

So everyone is wealthy!

Then we can sail our yachts and talk

About why the economy isn’t healthy.

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Activism Today

The world has three types of people:

Those who raise awareness for issues,

Those who laugh at the awareness-raisers,

And those who think the other types

Should be the change they want to see.

Unfortunately, the type who make changes

Require a 200 GB update to the system

And God still has dialup.

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Socialism

If at first you don’t succeed

Claim that you have higher need

Then take your handouts from the gov

‘Til bombs start dropping from above.

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If You Don’t Think This Poem Rhymes, You’re A Racist

We were born in an America

Where if you TP a house

You’re arrested not for vandalism

But for cultural appropriation

Since some white chick heard “teepee”

And her grandmother was 1/8th Cherokee

And African Americans invented toilet paper

So you’re screwed either way.

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My Sanctuary City Poem

Una vez hubo un copo de nieve cerca de ti.
Podrían ser homosexuales o judíos.
Envíales esta publicación
Como un asado sutil
Porque eso es lo que te pedí que hicieras.

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