Where is the off switch?
You'd think it'd be obvious
It's not in the instructions
It's not in the illustrations
Where is the off switch?
It's usually easy to find
Maybe I'm defective
and need to be sent back
I've looked everywhere
On top
underneath
on the front
On the back
There is no off switch
In the manual
It says, "Keep on at all times"
So
there is no off switch
No way to shut me off
No way to stop my brain
Processing and collating,
projecting and instigating
Initiating and devastating
No off switch
No way to shut me off
No way to stop my heart
beating and pumping
feeling and trying
hurting and harming
no off switch
Just sleep and standby mode.
*Thanks for reading!
I've spoken about this before, but sometimes wish there was an on/off switch on me. Oh well!
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About the Creator
Paul Stewart
Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.
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