About The Social Network said Fincher,
"Words are the way we lie to each other,"
Which doesn't seem to me that big a deal:
We only have words to say what we feel,
But after three months away from this site,
(Which, thank you, I managed without a fight),
I'm coming back, society of "Friends,"
The I-Use-Facebook-Too-Much guy, again
With a story that came across my desk,
Written modestly by "Anonymous"
(Some nameless schlub or even one of you,
So "share," and I hope you will "like" it, too)
And emailed to that writing site of mine
World Wide Web dot TexEditing dot com.
As a web-editing professional,
Where gibberish is not unusual,
Personally, I'm dubious the style
Will satisfy, let alone make you smile
Although that Anonymous' grammar
Is tight enough to pound with a hammer;
In which case, who am I to say in haste
That reading it, for you, would be a waste
Of time? I don't even know what you do!
Posting it's not like I've been stalking you.
Maybe you literally cannot spare
A few minutes you'll make up here and there
By not reading The Times or even not
Wishing me well on my birthday forgot.
The Mystery of Bitter Root Manor,
Presented as it came through the slammer
(Which I must say, means with some nastiness;
That self-revealing drivel, I confess
Seems over-mannered and should be left out
Of the story, irrelevant to plot.
And, worse I must caution-- or frankly yell,
Is at tex exposed dot html ,
Showing gratuitous full nudity,
And utter disregard for probity),
Raw, ridiculously self-unaware,
With a sole redeeming quality, dere,
Occasionally, I liked the graphics,
Believing them charming and eccentric.
--Drew Zimmerman, March 18, 2014
"Instructions for this WEB SITE GAME are these:
Go on and do exactly what you please.
I wrote this story BITTER ROOT MANOR,
But if it's read won't upset my dinner.
On the other hand, don't go off half-cocked
Most of the passages are password locked:
The name of an actor or a villain
Special-guesting on ABC's BATMAN,
The 1966 show episodes,
Will clear the way through this haunted abode,
The secrets hidden a reader could find
Blah, blah, blah, and if he/she had the time,
Well anyway, in these rooms they are writ,
With treasure to win if you give a shit."
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