On the web

[nobody]

On the web no-one knows you’re a dog
So sign up as an internet star
Get an avatar set, then start on your pet
Themes in the old chatroom bar
Hey, society’s gone down the tubes.

You can spin and berate,
Preach love then preach hate
Just keep the dark forces at bay
Your public will love you, caress and then hug you
In a virtual reality way

And what harm can come when all’s said and done,
It’s a game that everyone plays
We are none of us real, no-one really feels
The hurts of the things that you say
As you flame all the newbies and boobs

But a man on a keyboard out there
Was hit by your thoughts on the screen
The camel that sat on that mat
Broke its back on that internet chat
And a member has now gone away

There’s wars by the score and disasters galore
But an internet death is discrete
That man in his room read your process of doom
And he’s hitting control alt delete.

[khartoumteddy]

Brilliant