"just pipe dreams on paper"

[paperleaves]

Inspired by the spam E-mails in my Gmail account.




god bless the Internet
where I can
pleasure myself to
exotic women
and take down CG armies,
and feed the hungry
(as well as my gambling habits)
I can buy my way
through Heaven to Hell
while chatting with local singles
in spam folders
with empty promises to enhance
my performance, my size, my desires
buying myself a one-way ticket to
god-knows-where this world is going

[Bar22do]

... and "inherit" millions from a late, unknown to you distant relative in Burkina whose attorney miraculously found your email address and name and prompts you to...
Very original, PL!, and good. I love it. And I love especially the last lines:
"buying myself a one-way ticket to
god-knows-where this world is going"
strng, as are often the closing lines of your poems...
Thank you

[MGK]

with empty promises to enhance
my performance, my size, my desires

i really like these lines, enhancing desires sounds so .. commercial? good idea for a poem, good read.

[PrinceMyshkin]

It's like a cough induced by a scratchy throat - but not just any old cough!

[Buh4Bee]

I know plenty of people who would agree with the lifestyle described by this poem.

[paperleaves]

thanks, y'all, for the sweet comments. this is the first semi-satirical piece I've ever done and I took quite a liking to it :) Glad you enjoyed!


love
paper

[Sampson]

fluent, funny and thoughtful... a great poem!

[Lumiere]

Fantastic ending.

[Pendragon]

The Internet--both a blessing and a curse!

[firefangled]

Don't you love spam! Unfortunately, it cuts both ways. The cheap and badly worded spam is the best, I think.

The alter ego never had it so good (and easy). I like the conclusion here. A wonderfully humorous poem.

[hack]

Half life on/of the internet
with an attention span so short
that it begs serious consideration
of those promised "enhancements".
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[BlueYarrow]

If Chaucer wrote the canterbury tales today I would definitely expect a "spammer's tale".
Really enjoyed this poem- the faceless/voiceless nature of internet spam and its promises makes it all so much seedier than telemarketers- or pardoners!
Especially enjoyed the lines;
" I can buy my way
through Heaven to Hell"