Creative: WWW...

W W W...

 

Lights flash, lights flicker,

wires thicker, then before.

A bore. Sitting waiting,

teeth gritting, so frustrating.

 

My head, on the verge of exploding,

in front of me, computer loading.

The drum of fingers, the tap of feat

.......any noise.

 

A message flickers onto the page,

as my eyes scan I gain in rage.

To my unbelievable terror,

the computer has found a Proxy Error.

 

But with a swish and a click, and a tip and a tap,

the strenuous journey is back on track.

As Binary code scurries past so long:

01001001

 

Oh ye great encyclopaedia,

a tool for paedophilia.

Storage space of song and of rhyme,

opening doors to internet crime.

 

Home to many a video biography,

to dirt, to filth, to pornography.

Where children can work and learn and flourish,

where hackers send spam and virus and rubbish.

 

A series of electronic supermarkets,

where bullying strikes on easy targets.

With chat rooms that let everyone inside,

convincing strangers to commit suicide.

 

On final drum, one last tap of feet,

And finally the loading is complete.

 

I stare at the screen, I begin to frown,

after a moment click "Start" and then "Shut Down".

I turn off the screen, I can't bare to look,

perhaps today, I'll just read a book...

 

Sammy