Inbox

I have 45678 unread emails languishing in my inbox right now

I am scratching my head, wondering how I could allow

The accumulation of such a mind-boggling number of e-mails

This is just another reminder of how I have failed

To control the chaos in my life, I seem to live

In a perpetual state of overwhelm, and something’s got to give…

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Most of the e-mails are promotional in nature, but embedded in the pile

Are a few crucial messages, it would take me a while

To sift through them and keep the ones I need

I wonder what to make of the e-mails I never did read

Perhaps they appeared important at the time they were received, but do not right now

I have to work on getting rid of the useless ones somehow

Without spending my limited time on this exercise

I select e-mails and click delete, and a few minutes later realize

That I have cleared my inbox en-masse and all my important e-mails have been deleted

In one impulsive stroke, my task has been completed

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Relevant e-mails from the trash folder I am still trying to retrieve

But at least my inbox has been cleared up, and I breathe a sigh of relief