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Poem: The Internet from A to Z, 2015

By Jason O. Gilbert
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A is for Actually,


And that mansplaining tone;


B is the Block button —


They can mansplain alone.

C is for Clickbait


And things you won’t believe in;


D is for the dogs


And the cats who can’t even.

E is for your emails


Stacked 8,000 tall.


F is for “Fuck it!


I’m deleting them all!”

G is for Gamergaters,


May they fall off a cliff;


H is for Hard G


(That’s the sound that starts “GIF.”)

I is for IRL,


And a nice, real-life chat;


J is for JK,


Because who wants to do that?

K is for killing it,


Which all startups do.


L is for losing money


(They do a lot of that, too).

M is for monocles


Tiaras, and deviled eggs.


N is for Normcore:


Now THAT’S a fake trend with legs.

O is for #OBAMA,


And #BENGHAZI, and #MICHAELMOORE,


P is for pointing out


What the Caps Lock is for.

Q is for quitting


Your time-wasting apps.


R is for your inevitable


And shame-filled Relapse.

S is for Snapchat


And the unpleasant dick pics,


T is for Tinder


And when you unpleasantly pick dicks.

U is for Uber,


And its attempts to make nice;


V is for Vox


(CORRECTION: It’s for Vice).

W is for Wow,


Or Whoa, or WTF,


(It’s what you say about a longread


You haven’t read yet.)

X is for XD,


And ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, and all good emoji,


Y is for Yo


As in “Please never Yo me.”

Z is for zero,


The fucks you should give


When facing your critics:


”I was feeling my look! Can I live?!?!”

That was the Internet


From A until Z.


And if you disagree


Well, that’s fine with me:


Just lay off the Caps Lock,


And hit me with your best block,

And for my sake,


And your sake,

Let’s let each other be.

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