Gods and angels went away
For an indefinite vacation
“We’re mere ideas anyway
Dignified by population”
Says God, who asked not to be named
“Nowadays it turns ridiculous
Politicians took our fame
Made up maliciously fastidious
All the simple laws we set
And this farcical state of affairs
Is the one we must protect
Though the mess they made is theirs
We, Gods, wash our hands of this
Devil’s game the people play
If they want us Gods be missed
Let them pave their hellish way”
Spoke the God, whose name’s not known
But one angel smiled and said
“Here’s my email and my phone
Ping me up if something’s bad..”
So I wrote her phone and email
Down in my book and slept
The wild wind lashed at our sail
All the way to my homeland.
I must have lost my friends,
I should not have clicked "send",
I meant to email you instead
My mind was half asleep,
I called them lazy sheep,
now they cut me dead.
I don’t know what it was,
Maybe just because
The mailing list starts with "A"
Now I'm so uptight
I stared at that screen all night
The screen that led me astray
(chorus)
There is no hack
That can take it back,
No magic “undo” key.
Friends may be sheep,
But the cost was steep,
When the truth-teller was me.
(bridge)
Next time I’ll pause and breathe,
Count to ten before bytes leave.
Read it twice before I click.
Because now I feel sick,
I jumped backwards off the crag,
The cats escaped out of the bag.
In social effigy I hang
No sense of humor in that gang
I've become a hermit living in caves
A wild eyed maniac who rants and raves
I still feel the hurt, still feel the pang.
When I hit that key, and the first phone rang.
“The Darkness Can Be Shattered”
by Positive Mark
My Father died, mid-argument.
An email never opened.
I hear him sometimes in the night, when I’m vomiting and groping.
Maybe the next rhyme will immediately restore hope, and
the darkness can be shattered by the ember I’ve been stoking.
This is a matrix, a puzzle with high stakes.
Where twenty of wood has you feeling so good that you cuddle with rattling snakes.
You’re numb with olfactory flakes.
Wake up with your face in her cakes.
A twenty year stretch, where you stick out your neck, as if life has but so many takes.
So tell me what’s real when you swallow that pill.
You came with a nine. Who you fixin’ to kill?
I hate to come off like my name’s Jimi Hendrix, but this is my hundred. I’m ‘bout to go spend it.
I’m taking this dame out to dinner and sports, while you sit in the dark, sucking down them Newports.
And you’re thinking of popping a round in your head?
I hate break this to you Homie.
You’re already dead,
like my Father.
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alarm clock shouts loud
i hit snooze for the third time
dreams keep pulling me
Tossing electronically-bottled messages
into the wild blue sea yonder
will they float like a boat or sink like a stone
it only makes me ponder
as optimistically-inclined
I often wonder why
some say, 'Send me an email,'
but then never reply
do my bottles circumnavigate the globe
or stay in the Sargasso for ever and a day
are they wrecked on the rocks of spam
while typing I waste my days and nights away
texting, emailing
facebook, chat, tiktok, tweet, x
letter writing lost
Email?
I’d rather eat kale.
Texting is more fun to me.
An informal decree.
Email is-
When you have business.
When you have something important as a paper letter.
What should I write as a header?
When I begin.
I wonder about the group I’m in.
How should I address them all?
I’d almost rather make a phone call!
Hello all,
I’m hoping to make a call
I think I sent that a little early…
I hope they don’t get surly.
But they might be confused.
Maybe amused…
How did I cause such embarrassment?
I wish I never clicked “sent.”
Email is when,
We all search within.
To choose the right word.
To be heard.
Hello everyone,
I hope you are having fun.
Wondering what I was trying to share.
You are curious, while I despair.
Is text better for everyone here?
Yes? That’s what I want to hear!
So in the end, we decided to use our phones.
So we can slouch on the couch in our homes.
Hello everyone!
Texting is way more fun :)
Wow The many email addresses
I can’t even stress enough the
importance of having more
than one use your cat name your
dog bird grandma grandpa
change your email accounts reset
change your passwords cause
hackers will break in your
home lock you out of your own
email address I use different
email addresses for different
things medical church poetry
manuscripts family and friends
either way rather 123@me
or 321@Karma be consistent
be creative soar be different
protect your poetry protect you
A Greek sister, from my past,contacted me.
It was as if she were here,not across the sea!
What a difference an email astoundingly can make.
In a world of indifference, here came love not hate,
Touch the many souls as you do really care for.
On each holiday,a remembrance, forever more!
4/9/2023
I have a cold right now... all stuffed up and cranky
Like all men, I'm a baby and just need some cuddling
“Email cuddling” is good too
Saying things like, “Aw sweetie, wish I could stroke you!”
Or, “There, there, momma will make you feel better!”
Stroking is good... but it sometimes takes hours
Actually I'd rather be stroked by the ladies
But in a pinch, guys can do the job too
Only thing is, some are not very gentle and their beards are rough
Oops! Where was I going with that???
So my bottom line is this
Feel free to send your “email cuddles” to yours truly
I will be forever grateful and return the favour when needed
Thank you all in advance for your concern!
Innocent email arrived today
From a friend in constant pain
The content read, then read again
Just saying hello and how are you
Exchanges between friends over backyard fence
She spoke of issues as friends can
Words used as blows to the head
Death and gloom are her companions
Deep breath taken preparing myself
A visit was made to a sick friend
Two hours of listening to horror stories
A time given, a sentence to be served
Time and pain her constant companions
I sat and slowly sank into surrounding darkness
Clearing possessions, her only action
Clear her belongings, peace for the soul
Tears had flowed until none were left
Able to talk of death and its intent
In a daze we said our farewells
Left her standing on the edge of a precipice
A distant figure waving farewell
My mind unable to comprehend
I now sit at my desk so confused
Attempting to say what is best
This is the line where I must stop.
Email Etiquette
What a gift email is!
No stamps, no envelopes
And no licking an icky stamp.
So, in seconds, a letter is sent!
In the old days, you’d throw stuff out,
Now we have “Trash” but.....alas!
But some read your email,
With family pictures, and you?
Cannot type, thank them?
You just ignore them...
Wow!
The great god, the Internet....
Created rude sons and daughters.
I have seen this at the Soup!
And all over the place!
So addicted to commenting, yes!
To them, you are trash, I guess?
The great God,, the internet?
Ignoring others is a big clue.
Do not send email to those
Who eschew you.
We maybe on the internet!
But motherboards,we are not.
Something ‘rudeheads’ forgot.
Erase them from your list forever.
Hurting others is mean,not clever!
8/10/2021
10:30 PM
*******
Type me an email, jam packed with feeling.
My soul needs not just words, but spiritual healing.....
With the freshness of this bright summer’s day, and
and those cherished and long past....
So that the Spring of our lives....
Is gardenia wrapped, loved in joy, and forever lasts...
~Dedicated to all my email partners~
7/18/2021
~3~
Let’s exchange emails she says.
You are the only woman I have ever met
Who has not betrayed, lied, or cheated me.
Most of the women I meet
Try to steal my husband,
Lie to my face
Backstab me
or do something else mean and underhanded.
I can tell you stories, and they are all bad.
I have never had a good friend.
But if you double cross me, I will come gunning for you.
I cannot imagine a sweeter invitation.
I readily give her my email of course.
Eager to be friends with her.
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