Internet Changed My Name: ft Hamster
Poetic message from the hamster
A pair of hamster was bought by my neighbour this month. I was playing with those tiny creatures that evening in society park. Some boys (my friends also) were whispering and laughing around it’s name. I knew the context behind their jokes, but — a harmless creature doesn’t deserve to be misunderstood because the internet changed the meaning of its name.
Here’s what my little hamster want to say,
Dear Humans…
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I was born with tiny paws,
not a hidden meaning.
I ran through fields,
not through your screens.
I collected seeds,
not the attention of strangers.
But somewhere in your digital world,
my name walked a road I never chose.
A name that once belonged to a small creature
become a joke I could ever understand.
I wonder, dear humans,
Why do you laugh when you hear my name?
I never changed.
The internet gave me a story
I was only a hamster…only a hamster.
