“Big Data on February 8th” (a found poem in an e-mail inbox) by Canisia Lubrin
from the 2017 Poem in Your Pocket Day booklet
—Final hours, Hudson’s bay extra
Secrets off your tickets
For Literature Matters, this confirms your order
Still early so reset your common globe
Save trouble viewing thieves in your address book
As podcasts abandon their smugglers
On Wednesday January eleventh twenty seventeen
Lost in the cold, the code. People looking at your LinkedIn profile
In February, an eighth of a sound as Obama says goodbye for good in group
email: off with your favourite scents. A piece on finishing a book, a name
or a woman’s trouble viewing. Wonder
who assigned your mobile device in the honest company
of the original Tintin?
The beautiful beginnings you can read on your iPad
For fifty percent off, If you cannot see this email,
Save an extra fifteen on gas. Free shipping on us for being
A loyal member liked one of your tweets, stories from Canada
& the world to come & add to your address book: see how well
You stand out from the crowd—