Is this thing working?

I enjoy using Vocal to Raise my Voice

I write also on Medium but Vocal's my Choice.

Yes, writing on Vocal is what I prefer

unless 'systems issues' my attempts do deter.

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I prefer Vocal 'cause it's free to read

(for a time Medium really was more my speed)

The good thing is I don't have to choose

I can post something on both so there's nothing to lose.

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EXCEPT

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When I get the banner instructing 'log in'

even though I'm logged in already I try it again-

Then I get the Red Bar of Doom

and my teeth clench while I mutteringly fume

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As I check on Discord for updates

futilely, then try status.vocal.media even though it frustrates

me to see that it, too, is not working

as my last nerve, now frayed, starts to jerking

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I know it's not personal- no one's being mean

I should just accept, be grown up; but let me come clean

If I can't access to write, then, too, no one can read

and my work lies there fallow, or just goes to seed.

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Because the bots will jump in once the platform's online

'Made with AI' will jam 'New Stories' and my stuff dies on the vine

Not tryin' to be nasty, not full of malice or Spite.

Just can't wait until I can once again post what I write.