Poem: Let's Go Viral

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LET’S GO VIRAL!
Two dogs barking

(How hard can it be?)


 I’m downsized from my job 
So I started to blog

I've learned to be wise

And word optimize


Online I can stay
And earn eight cents a day

It just isn't funny
To run out of money!


                                          -- Miles Travling
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

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