LAUGHING AT ME

you hum naysaying songs
and
I don’t care
you can snicker all you want
because
no matter
how hard the geeks at the electronic store
try to persuade me
I know you are nothing
but a
pile of drab silver coating
and a bunch of
messy wires
neither the vehicle nor the tool,
you are merely
an obnoxious obstacle
another hurdle
from here
to the finish line