Face to Face

There you sit all safe and cozy
in your mom's basement so warm and toasty.
Eating Cheetos in your underwear
Browsing the websites here and there.

You state your opinion on every topic,
which is quite juvenile and down right myopic.
Your ignorance shows through every post.
Kid, you're the kind disliked the most.

A person like you is known as a troll.
Your mind is more narrow than a rabbit hole.
You profile says that your thirty three.
Really now man? You ain't foolin me.
I'd say twelve, thirteen, maybe sixteen at best?
How bout we just put you to the test.

Tell me just how brave you would be,
if you came face to face with someone like me?
Would you still rant, call names like you do?
How bout we meet, back alley at two?

Speak up I can't hear you, cat got your tongue?
What's that, you say? What, now you're too young?

Ain't talkin big are ya?
Yeah, that's what I thought.

Author's Note

Wrote this after reading posts about a news story.
Please excuse all errors, I'm just having fun.

Reviews

[1 Deep]

lol Nicely put together, simply worded, and easy to understand storytelling here.

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you for visiting and leaving a review.

[J.L.Marcus]

Uses humor and a powerful delivery to bring forward an important issue, I adore this poem, a true triumph :)

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you J. L. I appreciate your review.

[Marie]

Let me tell you, there are people over forty who have such juvenile minds...and we meed them here on W/C...

[R. L. Ives]

And I fear that some may really still be sitting in their underwear eating Cheerios in their mother's basement. Lol. Age, a mature person does not make.

[The Analog Kid]

Very true. The coddled basement dwellers are out there everywhere on the internet. Cool rhyming to get your point across.

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you. I have stopped going to comment sections anymore. I just get ticked off.

[icelandicblue]

So true, so true...I used to think that trolls didn't really exist but they have burrowed into the internet and have run amok. I loved the line about the basement, underwear and the Cheetos. That was priceless.

[A. H. Pinley]

Trolls, the challengers of viewpoint. I take it they're not well liked?

[A. H. Pinley]

Oh those damn trolls. Met many in my life when I blogged and rest assure they'll be there to challenge you on your viewpoint. I take it they're not well liked?

[R. L. Ives]

It's not a matter of dislike, so much as a matter of common decency and respect. Challenging ones and having your viewpoint is hat conversations and debates are made of, and who knows maybe something will be leaned in the process. What I am referring to here are the ones who have nothing better to do with their time than troll (hence the term) comments section of news articles, etc., with fangs bared and claws sharpened. Name calling is immature and moronic. Insulting someone's intelligence because their opinion differs is just disrespectful. And I know, I don't have to go there and read what is being said, which I no longer do.

And if your opinion differs from mine, that is your right and I respect that. :)

[A. H. Pinley]

I totally agree.

[quinfinn]

sometimes you just don't know who or what the hell you are talking to on the web. although, you get a feel for the real poseurs after a while. this is a fun and brilliant expose on that very issue and a tremendously enjoyable read. thank you making my day !

[R. L. Ives]

It just amazes me the way people talk to one another online. It always makes me think, would they really be so brave to say such in person. I'm glad you liked it. Had to lighten the mood a bit after my last few writes.

[quinfinn]

oh, i had a "woman" come on to me like gangbusters one late night, talking filth and sexual nonsense...found out she was a 13 year old up past her bedtime when her mother came on line and told me to "buyer beware" that her daughter was a practical joker. fortunately i had been dubious from the outset and didn't buy into the game....color me cautious and quite leery!!!!

[R. L. Ives]

Practical joker? What like that makes it alright? Like you say you just never know, and always best to err on the side of caution, specially when it's San Quentin quail your might be messin with and not even know it.

[quinfinn]

or worse, cops pretending to be an underage girl, looking for sexual predators....i shudder at the thought!

[R. L. Ives]

Dateline redux. Bad deal.

[quinfinn]

yeh! i adore women, but i want mature ones...over 30 at the very youngest!!!!