Smartphone Too Smart Poem by Kim Barney

My smartphone is smarter than I am.
It surfs the internet when I'm not looking.

Just a few minutes ago, I picked up
the phone to make a call
and this message was on the screen:
'Hmmm… can't reach this page.'

I don't know what page my phone
was trying to reach, but I'm glad
it didn't succeed.

A couple of weeks ago this was
the message I found:
'This item was added to your cart.'

What cart? I don't have a cart!
I'm not buying anything! I took it
off the internet at once.

The biggest problem is that the phone
does not fully charge even when left
on the charger all night long.

Typically, the phone is only 82 percent
to 86 percent charged in the morning.
It has been as low as 78 percent.

But I have finally found the solution.
Now before I put the phone on the charger
for the night, I put it on airplane mode.

That way, it can't surf the web
during the night and is always
fully charged in the morning.