Missing Coins

A Blank Verse about Twitch

Thousand fingers point outward in anger

neatly arranged in bifurcated hues

"Where oh where are my daily coins, swindlers?"

for the meager drippings that they saw red

merchants cup their ears, sighing in dismay

"Who shall be kind enough to tell these fools?"

for the pot of coins the angry ones crave

have become barren long before their wars

"How do we best allot our coins hereon?"

merchants turn away from the cracking pot

shaking fists and fearful yammers remain.

The Twitch Adpocalypse refers to reports of companies pulling their advertisements from the streaming platform Twitch in late 2024. Many reasons are speculated; some expressed that it was a long time coming due to Twitch's poor performance as an advertising platform.