The Evils Of The Internet Poem by DM W

The Evils Of The Internet

Rating: 5.0


I've always felt that the macabre ending
To the film 'The Raiders of the Lost Ask':
Where the Angels of Death, rather than those
Believed to be beautiful: bestowers
Of great gifts and powers,
Are unknowingly released,
And cause havoc in their deadly swarms
Could be an apt metaphor
For social media/ the internet.
Although it promises so much:
Entertainment, knowledge and information.
It is somewhat of a Pandora's Box:
From phony advertising, trolls and scammers
To all kinds of unsavoury criminals.
Can you remember when Indiana Jones,
Tied up tightly to a pole, screams out
To his beloved Marion: ' Keep your eyes shut!
Whatever you don't look at it! ' as the faces
Of the foul Nazis begin to melt? Perhaps,
We would be wise, at times, to heed his warning.

The Evils Of The Internet
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: internet,social media
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Shaun Cronick 19 July 2020

Dominic there's a word that PoemHunter has omitted/deleted in my previous comment. And that word comes after melting. It should have read so..... And you just can't beat a melting N a z i.

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Shaun Cronick 19 July 2020

Dominic well said. And well said indeed and swarms is an underestimate for every Tom, and Harriet crawl out of the woodwork plying there cheap and heartless falsehoods on the weak and uninitiated.10++ and most deserved. Thank you Dominic, take care and you just can't beat a melting. For if you play with fire...

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