In cyberland no one hears you scream

at night
sometimes late into the morning
I cruise the internet and read biographies
of yahoo members in their interest groups

the thing that strikes me most is the huge
numbers of people who’s ads are men
pretending to be women to get women to chat
with them having clandestine sex and typing
one handed
only tender susie is really ugly fred and gentle
gwen is teenage billy
cyber land is strange indeed

I have read blogs that are little cries of desperation
confessing sins at dailyconfession.com
people groaning their ugliness and regrets and
hoping to gain absolution without the pain of contrition
no charge for the damage
no ass whipping for the hurt of destroying home and family
no claims for the victims of our wrath
no sacrifice for the stain we leave behind
like slug slime

somewhere someone wrote that bloggers are high on depression
and mental illness needing constant cyber therapy to cope
with the process of normal-ing existence to rows of zeros and
ones
demanding to be noticed before the latex of 21st century whores
leave them covered in white rubber
maybe

maybe cyber land is the last place a man can scream and not be
heard

J. Masuda © 2004

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Reply #1 Top
Another good one J.

Reply #2 Top
I like this one, Johnny.