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Why, Vocal, Why?

by Sam Harty

By ᔕᗩᗰ ᕼᗩᖇTYPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read

Vocal has to verify me now?!

I paid for the membership

and used to be easily allowed.

But now I have to be on the list,

maybe part of the inner crowd?

?????????????

I have lost privileges.

I can no longer Google Translate

my poems to Turkish.

It's changed in the past few days

I can no longer create as I wish.

?????????????

Vocal, do you not like me anymore?

Did I do something to make you angry

that didn't bother you before?

Does translating my poems to Turkish

put a target on my back?

This feels very personal with things

I had before, I now lack.

?????????????

Sometimes it tells me my stories

have all disappeared.

They don't come up in my profile

which panics me to tears.

I refresh several times but all

that does is make the system verify

me over and over which only sometimes

works and I must admit I am getting

sick of all these little quirks.

?????????????

I'm sad, my creativity is being

squelched by bad servers on the site

I fear I'll be heading to substack

soon, if this doesn't be made right. :(

_____________________

Thanks for reading! Hopefully things will change back! -Sam

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About the Creator

ᔕᗩᗰ ᕼᗩᖇTY

Sam Harty is a poet of raw truth and quiet rebellion. Author of Lost Love Volumes I & II and The Lost Little Series, her work confronts heartbreak, trauma, and survival with fierce honesty and lyrical depth. Where to find me

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