There used to be real people in the
land of the living world.
Now, they stroll through ‘cyber-space’.
Virtual reality has become their
everyday social pleasures.
Women abandon their kids and husbands
for a thrill with an avatar! And
call it love.
Men desert their wives for some blond
sexual illusion.
No need to leave the confines of your
four walls for a date,
fine food is not needed anymore.
Just grab some toast on a plate (If
you haven't forgotten to wash them.)
Theatre and museums are all out there
on the Internet. Culture at your fingertips.
Inter phone your lover and your friends
and see their smiling faces in a box.
Float around the globe on a mouse's
back as your vehicle. Save on petrol money at least!
Find anything you need, to get in
or out of trouble.
Just be in the wrong place at the
wrong time and your name is trash!
Honesty, friendship, love and truth
are loosely bandied words.
Typed from loose fingers to your
eyes when they're needed most.
There's no pity for the vulnerable,
the hunters will seek your loneliness.
You think you ‘re safe by the miles
between you.
But,
It's your mind they want to possess.
They tell all the lies they want to,
you won't know the difference.
You won't see them laughing. Chances
are,
you may never see them again, or
they will just change their name
and start the deceptions all over
again.
On here you have to be tough
Sling back the muck and give
as good as you get.
A few good people on here are few
and far between.
Honesty is rare and love is just
lust.
So to all the newbies, prepare yourselves
for the ride of your lives
on this
Virtual super highway of fantasies,
harassment and lies.
TeAnne © 30 April. 1999