when you're bored
you can sign on
to the electronic full-love-think board
these days
you can meet & message
through electronic passage
whatever you say
can be found but not be traced?
it can be edited & re-phrased
whatever you say
be it rude words or embarrassing phrases
won't make you sound like a savage
even if you've unintentionally
emitted electronic sting-ray
the situation can be salvaged
these days
romance is a click or double-click away
& love is only a few key strokes away
love habits can be exhibited
amongst the most sophisticated social circuits
and be transmitted via printed circuits
through e-mail or voice-mail friendship
virtual reality or photo-realistic relationship
chronic partnership can become a permanent kinship
nevertheless, such mail-feed-mail relationship
can sometimes be misused by black sheep
to multitask and network relationship
behind electronic packets
love rockets
but, there exists electronic pickpockets
behind electronic sockets
electronic etiquette
be manipulated or fascinated?
whatever you select
such is online intimacy
behind screen safety!
Lin Hsin Hsin
August 21, 1993
electronic full-love-think board = electronic bulletin board
first published on p.235 Sunny Side UP!, 1994,
ISBN10: 981-00-5840-3 (paper),
ISBN13: 978-981-00-5840-1 (paper), 288 pp, 5 color