This offering probably qualifies as a rant poem. A rant poem with a touch of irony. For as long I can remember I have found the unnecessary insertion of multiple 'likes' into everyday conversation quite cringeworthy. It's a gap filler in what is best described as an unsavoury word salad.
When the word like is indiscriminately spread across an utterance, it detracts from the overall impact of the message. Can you tell I find it irksome?
Poets respond to many things. In this instance, a single word was all it took!
So here is my response...
Unlikable
Have you noticed
how some people
overuse the word-like?
Like every statement
begins with- like
They like, litter
their conversations with like.
Like, it’s annoying
Like, stop it!
It’s like, so crazy
To keep saying like!
They say things like-
Hey, has everyone like noticed
how Mandy like smiles
every time, Tristan like walks
past?
It’s like so obvious she like, likes him.
Do these people like
even realize that they are like,
Using a word to like
fill up a space.
It’s like brain
fluff,
Like, so unnecessary.
Like, it’s so
frustrating to like listen to them
So, like stop it now
Like, please stop it
now
Like, for everyone’s
sake.
Alan j Wright
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