Instagram Poetry vs Real Poetry

Here's my instagram poem:

I am me
nobody else is
I am strong
she is strong
she is me
but not me
-- a character I'm using to make a point (less than 4 seconds)

I could literally write a thousand of those, without the single most effort.

A poem in Trochaic Pentameter:

I struggle today on my own mercies---
Great is the day of my time and treasure.
I need not waste a mental hour on
Frail bones, and shallow truths; awaken heart
To the image of greater destinies!
Poetry shall be one day freed, so me. (About 10 minutes)

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