My Life On A Pen Drive Poem by Emmanuel Kwabena Woyome

I woke up this morning-

And the feeling was all-but crazy

Even my bones felt lazy

When simultaneously, a shady thought struck my mind

I wanted to scan my entire life-

And put it on a pen drive

Though confused by the thought,

I felt a beacon of consolation-

Tickle my conscience that,

The whole of me would be safely archived.

When through the internet-

I would spread this virus of me

And everything that was, would once more be.

Men would share in this cake of greatness

Baked in my brain

And just like Leo Tolstoy, I wanted to be remembered

And forever live not on a pen drive,

But now on yours and the minds of posterity!