Phantom Outlets

I uncoil my charger to replenish the

Juices,

Only to be taunted by a phantom outlet.

I pursue the elusive pendulum of an

Epiphany,

Only to be taunted by a phantom outlet.

The defaced sockets—

Inhospitable Spirits,

Are omens that irk and expel

Nook-nestling-nerds.

#poetry

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