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Our modern world seems made for wastefulness
Planned Obsolescence by Brian Mich
Repetition Poem writing prompt entry

 
Planned Obsolescence
 
Planned Obsolescence is a terrible waste.
All our devices break down with exceptional haste.
Analog to Digital costs you a fortune,
Makes your budget flsuhed to distortion.
Planned Obsolescence is a terrible waste.
All our devices break down with exceptional haste.
When your job is switched to fast automation,
Your boss could put you on a permanent vacation.
Planned automation is a terrible waste.
All our devices break down with exceptional haste.
Mylar Balloons, a river on fire, in the oceans a micro-plastic gyre.
Planned Obsolescence is a terrible waste.
All our devices break down with exceptional haste.
Paper money if you once had a stack,
Cryptocurrency is too easy to hack.
Planned Obsolescence is a terrrible waste.
All our devices break down with exceptional haste.
Our landfills burst with old contraptions,
Which causes NIMBYs great dissatisfaction.
Planned Obsolescence is a terrible waste.
Our devices break down witih exceptiional haste.
In our waters are PHAS [Forever Chemicals]
And we ingest them every day.
Planned Obsolescence is a terrible waste. 
Our devices break down with exceptional haste.
 
 


Writing Prompt
Write a poem where the same line is repeated at least three times in the poem.

Author Notes
I am somewhat of an environmentalist. I'm none too thrilled with our wasteful society and how micorplastics pervade the oceans.

     

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