My death anxious scrolling

on social media

began

the day my dog died

my husband’s job vanished

a good friend moved away

I witnessed my grandson’s neck breaking, someone’s broke down marriage, and someone’s broken life

and I witnessed many in the Republic of America sorrowfully regretting over voting for the current United States president

In the long hours of the

grief scrolling –

I never did

find and feel

the return

of my beloved dog

my husband’s return to work

and the good friend I miss

The return to the way things were before – never happened

But I do feel wiser in that I

I pushed away and walked myself away

from the

slot machine-like addiction

of social media scrolling

I even walked firmly out of

The Facebook Casino

©️ August 2025 Much Love, Deb Poems