Letter to my Spammers

Dear Anonymous,

I don’t want to buy Xenical.

I’m not in need of Rolex watches, even with a deep discount.

At the present time, I’m not trying to ENHANCE any part of my body.

You may say it’s natural.

And promise immediate results.

Of course, this has nothing to do with my post about my father

(This post seems to be your favorite one to spam)

Or writing.

It doesn’t even seem to be related to teaching.

Anonymous,

Do you ever get orders by spamming my comments section?

Or anyone’s comments section?

How long does any blog master leave your comment?

Delete!

And even if it stayed - your clumsy attempts at free advertising -

How many readers would attend your online university?

A few of you are oh so clever,

Creating a mishmash from previous comments in an attempt

To pretend you’ve read my post.

You know the one –

Where I poured my heart out.

But something about the comment doesn’t quite make sense.

And then there’s a little link.

And you hope I, anyone will hit “click”.

Since I don’t have Word Verification activated,

My blog’s defenses are down.

But I’d rather delete your solicitations afterwards

Than bog my commenters down with gibberish

To copy.

I could block you, Anonymous.

But I have friends who want to remain so.

And I will let them continue

To leave comments under the cloak of invisibility.

Who are you under the cloak?

Are you alone in a dirty apartment?

Maybe you have a day job,

And a program does the dirty work for you.

Perhaps you are a slew of workers

Stooped over PC’s in a spam factory.

I don’t know.

I don’t care.

I do know

That I

Will not

Nor will my readers

Buy

What you’re selling.

But I know you will keep trying

Because you don’t read what I write.

You don’t care about me.

You hope from somewhere,

Maybe halfway around the world

Or next door

That my comments section

Is a market

For your products.

It is not.

Though you are welcome to try.

And you will keep trying.

While I will continue

To hit

DELETE.

Sincerely,

Theresa Milstein

P.S.

I’ve revised my Mist Chasers query. Thank you to Edith Cohn: Edith's Page and Jackee: Winded Words .

Please check it out:

http://theresamilstein2.blogspot.com/2010/09/mist-chasers-query-revised.html

P.P.S. Don’t forget to enter my contest to win a signed/stamped copy of Mockingjay:

http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2010/08/win-signed-copy-of-mockingjay.html