Colossus
June 30th, 2002, 12:06 AM
I'm no poet but I thought what the heck...
An ode to sffworld
A wondrous site I was told
Sffworld, so rich, so bold
So I typed in the address, sffworld.com
Would it be as they said, or just another bomb
I scanned the pages full of articles and reviews
There were poems and excerpts and wonderful interviews
“This is marvelous”, I thought, “I could learn a lot”
So I clicked “Add to Favorites” so I wouldn’t lose my spot
The next day I arrived, eager to learn
But then I saw Discussion Forums, hmmm, what does this concern?
So without a care I dived right in
“What’s the harm?”, I said with a grin.
I read through the forums, many interesting posts
There was talk of spaceships, vampires and ghosts
There were so many people with such colorful names
There were boys and girls, guys and dames
They talked about this, they talked about that
No subject taboo, it was all on the mat
Little pictures they used to represent themselves
There were wizards and warriors and even some elves
I wrote and I clicked and I clicked and I wrote
I tried really hard not to sound like a dolt
At the end of the day I said to my spouse,
“The people were nice, none quite a louse.”
“That’s great!”, she said. “I’m glad it was swell.”
“But please I must ask, and I hope you will tell,
what was that odor, that pungent smell?”
At first I hesitated, not sure what she meant
I thought of the forums, the time was well spent.
But then I realized, my confusion was done
She could only be referring to Ogg, the flatulent One.
An ode to sffworld
A wondrous site I was told
Sffworld, so rich, so bold
So I typed in the address, sffworld.com
Would it be as they said, or just another bomb
I scanned the pages full of articles and reviews
There were poems and excerpts and wonderful interviews
“This is marvelous”, I thought, “I could learn a lot”
So I clicked “Add to Favorites” so I wouldn’t lose my spot
The next day I arrived, eager to learn
But then I saw Discussion Forums, hmmm, what does this concern?
So without a care I dived right in
“What’s the harm?”, I said with a grin.
I read through the forums, many interesting posts
There was talk of spaceships, vampires and ghosts
There were so many people with such colorful names
There were boys and girls, guys and dames
They talked about this, they talked about that
No subject taboo, it was all on the mat
Little pictures they used to represent themselves
There were wizards and warriors and even some elves
I wrote and I clicked and I clicked and I wrote
I tried really hard not to sound like a dolt
At the end of the day I said to my spouse,
“The people were nice, none quite a louse.”
“That’s great!”, she said. “I’m glad it was swell.”
“But please I must ask, and I hope you will tell,
what was that odor, that pungent smell?”
At first I hesitated, not sure what she meant
I thought of the forums, the time was well spent.
But then I realized, my confusion was done
She could only be referring to Ogg, the flatulent One.