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POETRY: DEATH BY SELFIE (IN 140 CHARACTERS)

                                                



                                                      power on. sign in. SMILE click. post. like.

                                                 trip                                                       over
                                                bag,                                                      lose
                                                balance,                                                slip
                                                on                                                         rock,
                                                drop                                                  phone,
                                                fall                                                           off
                                                cliff.                                                  SPLAT.

                                                stranger films entire thing. video goes viral.





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