Ephemeral social media rendezvous

"Abort, Retry, Fail?"

(or "Abort, Retry, Ignore?")

essentially spells does not compute

in bobbing spongy mindscape

of your friendly martian

donned with square pants,

when he experiences unresponsiveness

from Homo sapiens

whose interpersonal offline etiquette

indicative as if yours truly

hailed from an alien nation,

yet said earthlings take objection

if their overture not acknowledged

to him/her, whereby he/she

exhibits vituperative ranting and raving

prompting me to speculate double standard

beholden courtesy egocentric species,

especially when attempts

to subscribe to netiquette

yields disastrous results

hashtagging me as deplorable basket case.

Linkedin thru tenuous
webbed world wide
electronic thread defied

no matter flurry of emails/
messages exchanged flattery applied

courtesy transient online

tête à tête downside

cyber venue offers convenient exit

personal aversion, I chide

brevity figurative thorn in side

futile effort Androcles tried

I haint lion, familiarization denied

fledgling cyber acquaintanceships

dead on the vine, yours truly sighed

potential friendship never fortified,

cuz immediate value judgement cast,

instantaneously prejudiced aversion

perhaps hidden agenda implied

maybe intimated illusions of grandeur

netiquette nuances overstepped, I chide

yours truly vouchsafe
absolute zero great expectation

love smitten wounds pride,

the Italian girl in Algiers

inchoate mystique forever unknown
nonetheless fantasize bartered bride

figment of overactive imagination

hence grist for poetry mill

grateful fleeting rapport tried

to take flight before sputtering

doomed to dustbin of history (mine)

filed within memory as template guide
against future unnecessary disappointment

best stick to your guns abide

against infatuation lest
conjured lass doth override

focus on reality no matter who espied

Facebook post, tis foolhardy
to allow, enable, and provide leeway,
hence aimless thoughts elide

dear boy, ya never learned always denied

rapture becoming ensnared
noose sense and sensibility stride

ding blindly, dumbly, foolishly...,

into own perilous entrapment, verstehen?