The Ping That Killed the Mood: A Humorous Love Story in Verse

It was date night at last, the mood was just right,
Candles were lit, love was in sight.
She wore her best, with a wink and a sway,
But he muttered, “Hang on, gotta check this display.”

His phone lit up like a Broadway show,
"One sec," he said, "just a quick scroll, you know?"
She sighed so hard, it rattled the bed,
While he liked a cat meme someone had spread.

She leaned in close, her lips set to tease,
But he held up a finger: "Babe, lemme read these."
A buzz, a ding—it was all too much,
She thought, Is he married... to his phone or my touch?

Fed up, she grabbed it, tossed it aside,
He gasped, “That’s where my Wordle streak resides!”
"Your streak?!" she yelled, “This is absurd.
You care more for pixels than me in this skirt?”

Finally, he realized she wasn’t impressed,
“Alright, I’m done,” he sheepishly confessed.
But as she leaned in, her phone made a ping,
“Wait,” she said, “it’s Karen sharing a thing.”

So there they sat, two screens aglow,
Romance postponed by FOMO’s shadow.
The lesson here, dear lovers of tech:
Put down the phone—or love’s gonna wreck!

-ChatGPT, OpenAI

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