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Valley of the [Gall]

by D. Xavier Bari

Enough is enough.
Put the keyboard
...down...
and back away slowly.
These eyes shall
read no further.

The peanut gallery
of the information age
is more gut-wrenching
than any cruddy bar
or park-n-fight
ever constructed.

A massive dystopia
of the uninformed;
with more to blame
than a little
elbow-greasing
from Silicon Valley.

They merely enabled
millions of idiots
to spout off daily
without the fear
of an errant punch
in their gaping maw.

04/07/2003

Author's Note: Okay, so the real title is "Valley of the Balls". Oddly enough, the title was changed for the very same reason the poem was written...

Posted on 06/11/2003
Copyright © 2025 D. Xavier Bari

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Agnes Eva on 06/13/03 at 07:21 PM

very solid closing lines. i agree wholeheartedly with your keen observations

Posted by Max Bouillet on 06/14/03 at 04:02 AM

I am so glad someone actually said what you said in your poem...... Thank You.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 06/14/03 at 07:08 PM

Thought provoking reflection of our over (?)wired society.

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