INSIDIOUS FUNCTIONALITY

It seems that the Delete key
on my device is getting bigger
and easier
to accidentally select.
Whenever I an about to save
the great work
that has been bubbling within
for however long it’s been
my clumsy fingers find Delete
and ruin it
– ruin everything.

Sometimes it’s a story.
Sometimes it’s a poem.
Sometimes it’s a sentence
from an email
that says precisely
what it should.
Whatever it is,
I blink
and plink a certain key
and then it’s gone.

I wonder who is behind
this advanced
and insidious functionality
that curses me.
What evil Operating System
or keyboard manufacturer
has made it so effortless
to destroy
what I had so creatively cultivated.

I hope
that my second drafts
are better than my first
so at least
there is purpose
behind this torture.