I wrote Three Likes in response to this week’s W3 Poetry Prompt #187, where the poet‑of‑the‑week, Indira, invites us to write a poem on any subject—so long as it carries a comic touch
Three Likes
Three likes is all I got‽
I posted myself online
and all for what?
Three likes is all I got‽
for all that work—
for all my art
It breaks my heart.
Only three likes?
If I believed in religion
and a god—
then I’d say it’s meant to be…
and it wouldn’t matter
that the likes I got
for the likes of me
sum up to only…
three.
Only three likes‽
Out of all the millions
on earth?
Just three likes
How can I bare my soul
for such a measly toll?
Three likes?
I mean,
What a dearth!
What is it worth?
Now if it were four—
I could say,
“Cor!
I got four!
Four whole likes!
Yikes!
—Lesley Scoble, 2025
THANK YOU
Indira, thank you for the comic‑touch prompt.
David, thank you for your weekly encouragement.
And to you, reader—thank you for giving your time to my poem and song.
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