#iamveryconfused

#whyisitcalled a hashtag?

and not a number sign
as in "#3"?
(or n-o period 3?)

For that matter,
why is it a "pound sign"?
(as in "Please enter your password,
followed by the pound sign?"
(my son did not weigh
7#'s 3 oz.
it was lbs., thank you.)

You're calling it a hashtag
for tweeters who
twitter (or tweet?
yes, tweet........
but that's a bird)

Maybe it's a hashtag as in
corned beefed hash--
in front of the tag?
as in, "tag, you're it?"
as in....oh, I give up.

just tell me
why is it called a hashtag?
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Adding some 'tricks' to the mix, a smile perhaps.  This poem was first posted on my Facebook page in a response to someone who had just joined Twitter.  Now I think I can see the benefit of this social connection--even the NYC Mayor used it last night! 
Linking up with dVerse Poets for Open Link Night 68 and praying for all in harm's way.

5 comments:

  1. hahaha some fun word play in this...it becomes a whole other language....tweetspeak maybe...like texttalk...and minimizing words....

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  2. A lot of fun here - I think you are actually on to something with the corned beef hash as there is something mixed up about it all. And the tag - seems to me a bit like a clothing tag? I don't know, but this was fun. Thanks for your kind comments and concern. k.

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  3. haha...fun piece Jody. Sometimes things like this are so confusing...

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  4. A fun read - made me smile big. - Mosk

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  5. Funny piece,and one I completely relate to. A Twitterer I'm not, nor do I twit or tweet or chirp like a bird. My hash comes on a plate, doused in ketchup, and my tags hang from clothing, telling me it costs too much. I wonder if I'm a luddite. If anyone thinks so, they can tweet it to #luddite, but sorry, I won't see it.

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