Letter to a Young Influencer

Dear You-All-Know-Who,

Listen to this text:

I am Generation X.

The one you never knew,

and then you came next.

Are you a Millennial?

A Generation Y troll?

They ask what you will grow up to be

(insert heavy eye-roll).

I do not understand

your popular Instagram,

your Tiktokked self

creating dummy wealth.

Some are on a plan

with their OnlyFans

(only men? only one?

now that would be fun).

I stick with a Tweet,

(Elon's special beast)

and some FB time

(easier with this rhyme).

But I do wonder again

what is the better plan:

to promote, sell and try;

to push strangers to buy

what they don't ever need

(face wraps of seaweed;

ramen-soup challenges;

oversized sandwiches;

other things I cannot afford,

and I get bored...

et cetera).

Never really heard of ya.

But I have a niece,

a nephew, too.

Would they work out

like the rest of you?

Enjoy it as you can

(and take what you can stand).

I will keep it in mind

as I see and you find

that you have done your duty.

So sincerely...

From yours truly,

ME!

Thank you for reading!

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