R U THERE?

C U SEE ME?

Impatience tapping a tattoo

On the keyboard

Waiting for the message window to pop

The sound of coo-coo

Or is it kuk-koo

Who cares?

It drives my partner cuckoo

She wonders who I’m talking to

Why am I ignoring her?

Is it the few strands of gray hair?

Or the wrinkles around her eyes

I see you there

All highlighted in blue

Wondering if you are

Like me

Waiting for the revolving face to disappear

It does and a gray pop-up window declares

“The other side has closed the connection”

Now you have options

“Send message through server”

Or “cancel”

A click of the mouse is what it takes

For me to decide

Did you go away because you were offended?

Or were you disco-ed

I sit and stare

At the rectangle full of nicknames

Waiting for yours to turn blue

Right now it’s red

R U INVISIBLE ?

Or am I now on your ignore list?

My partner beckons me with her curves

R U THERE?

But the shape I’m staring at is square