Internet Crush Poem by Denis Martindale

The PC starts and loads its stuff with teeny weeny whirrs,
While I rekindle all my love for her while this occurs...

Impatiently my fingers tap, as desktop graphics load...
And just when I begin to snap, the browser's graphics showed...

Click, click! One minute left to go! I'll soon be back online!
My rosy cheeks begin to glow... Take heart, my Valentine!

My Yahoo Inbox! There you are! She's emailed! OMG!
Stay calm! She's just a superstar... She's not in love with me...

She's got some guy to take her out. She's some new film to make...
Just being kind, of that no doubt, to give a fan a break!

What's this! She wants to meet me soon! Phone number and address!
A miracle! I start to swoon! The stress! The stress! The stress!

What shall I wear! ? I'll buy a suit! Tuxedo-style, oh, my!
It's all for her, 'cos she's so cute! What gifts for her to buy! ?

A diamond ring, too early, son... A necklace, that'll do...
And when the date is almost done, I'll whisper, 'I love you! '

I'm terrified as I respond... Then she picks up the phone!
I'm talking to my favourite blonde! The sweetest girl I've known!

Now on my knees I start to pray! Dear Lord, I've got a date!
Yes! Halleluyah! Hip, hooray! It's time to celebrate!

I need the strength to get through this! It could be quite a trial,
Yet she's the girl I yearn to kiss, the girl who makes me smile...



Denis Martindale, copyright, January 2012.


The poem is based upon the theme of the recent
poemhunter poem, Internet Obsession, by Yvonne Bly.