Sydney Simpson
English 1- 4
April 23, 2015

You might think I’m just
a small fifteen-year-old girl
with plain features
and a shy personality
But I know I am more
much more than that
not a tree or a flower
not an insect or a bush
I am WiFi
slow, irritable WiFi
When I am sorrowful
or lonely
When I am dog-tired
or feeling under the weather
I am WiFi, unbudgeable
refusing to connect
spinning my wheel of hesitation
flashing my hopeless “loading” signal
But when I cheer up
my verizon bars increase
one by one
reuniting teens
with their precious Netflix
I become useful and connected
Until I get tired
and my slow spinning pinwheel returns
I take a breath and reconnect over
and over
and over again
The plain featured, shy girl
is WiFi
helpful, loveable, irritating all in one