CYBER SWEETHEART

Miss Avatar World Competition girl by Brianna Beresford

Cyber Sweetheart

 Pamela Smyk Cleary / 2009

She isn’t real, your cyber sweetheart

she doesn’t actually exist,

abiding only in web and wires –

fantasy, fallacy, fiction.

No flesh and blood,

no bones about her –

only bits and bytes,

images, icons, illusions.

Seduced by cerebral web log,

ephemeral e-zine, blinded by

visceral vision of avatar,

allure of sensual forum figment

blissfully oblivious to her cut & paste

reformatted clipart – all

scars and stains airbrushed,

only beauty’s delusion remaining.

Faults, flaws, frayed edges,

(so very visible in real life) explain

why you’ll only n(ever) meet her 

Face(book) to Face(book).