What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?
The last thing that I looked for
Was of course this Jetpack prompt
It helps to get me writing
Prolongs my daily streak.
Though if you’re talking searches
And not just clicking apps
It’d be the bin collection
But no one will read that!
Have they changed the day this week
For this Bank Holiday?
Is it black or green today?
Garden waste or trash?
As far as I remember
As exciting as it gets.
But Google has my history
And knows much better than me.
If I get ads for dustbins
I’ll know this was a trick
Checking out my interests
So you can sell me stuff.
Google knows my habits
Can tell you where I’ve been
Knows the stuff I’ll need to see
Before I’ve chance to think.
Andrew Green's Poems 