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You see it on the screen
Vile venom spewed by a faceless serpent
Condemning a target to death
Or a fate that’s even worse
Yet the two have never met
You assume the target a murderer
Or a crippler of kids
Instead it is an artist
Not around to save their name
The serpent rants and raves
As if their enemy killed their kin
You cannot see their point
A story hated or a painting despised
Wooden actress to their taste
Yet they spout fury as if fact
To the backside of their target
Who is doing what they love
Unaware of the serpent’s rage
I spent a few minutes wandering IMDB this morning. Wow.
Legends of Windemere 
Wow. Wow to this poem. Strong, Charles.
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Thanks. All off the top of my head too. 😀
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Wow, impressive. I kinda don’t want to publish anything now though…seems terrifying. You did your job. 😀
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You’ll be fine. Nobody goes after poets. 😛
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🙂
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I thought you meant on WP. Honestly, the serpents are a vocal minority. Most people will enjoy a work and never touch a forum about the book or author. What you typically see are the uber-fans and the uber-haters on there. Average people have stuff to do away from the computer. At least that’s my take on it.
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Good. 🙂
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I miss that band.
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Me to. And I was just surprised to see 2 friends come up on google above Everclear on a search for “Santa Monica”.
Going to blog about that actually. #Hashtags, the internet economy and google search.
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Nice poem, and a point that remains vital.
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Thanks. 🙂
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The challenges of being an artist… Your poem casts a valuable perspective.
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Thanks. I’m surprised I didn’t write it earlier. 🙂
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What was going on with IMDB?
I feel like I missed something.
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Honestly, go on any celebrity’s page on IMDB (especially any that are hot now) and check the forums. You see a lot of strange hate being thrown around.
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