Ambushed by an 11 year old girl on WritersCafe

True story

Sweetpea I'm sorry if you found my comments rude

So maybe you shouldn't get online and sneak up on a dude

 

No honeybee I didn't know that Avatar was you

I was trying to teach other guys to have a sense of humor

 

If I had known that was you I wouldn't have posted what I did

And I gotta admit my little one you made me feel stupid

 

I thought oh that's just great I'm talking smut to an 11 year old girl

Who writes cute poems about ponies that make her head go swirl

 

One of the things I don't like about cyber space

Who am I really talking to who is in this place

 

It's a risky wacky shootum from the hip kind of world

where you could end up talking trash to an 11 year old girl

 

So what am I supposed to do to keep from comitting such a folly

Change my screen name from Ricochet to Mature audience only

 

No No sweetheart don't get me wrong I'm not mad at you

I was in the Corps most of my life talking trash is what I do

 

Just be careful on mixed sites where grown men are posting

Don't stumble into conversations that could get your eyeballs roasting

 

It would be nice for you I think to protect your childhood years

Soon they'll be gone forever with regrets that suddenly appear

 

So 5 years down the road you'll be sweet sixteen and I'd love to have a chat

Sneaking up on guys in cyberspace SWEETHEART DON'T DO THAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

I wrote this in about ten minutes and did very little editing. It's about one of my off color replies during a cyber conversation to a poster that turned out to be an 11 year old girl. I thought "Oh that's just great, I'm a dirty old man now and I'm only 32 years old" I thought she was a guy cause everyone else in the conversation was. Man did I feel stupid.

Reviews

[Relic]

It's because of things like this I've decided not to get into those long conversational threads anymore. This place is an open door for anyone to come into nowadays which is why I never curse here on poems or replies, by not doing so, I'm watching my back. Their identity is hidden behind an avatar and I've discovered many times even though I may never have said anything bad, I was vulnerable to a sticky situation I wasn't aware of.

[The Analog Kid]

I won't start a long thread, but I think you are very wise in your actions.

[The Analog Kid]

Very true, my friend. The main thing is you weren't trying to act as a predator or something. This place is loaded lately with 11-13 year olds, which is fine, but you sometimes don't know who the profile is...

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you

[Seamstress]

I am so glad to see this quick poem and wish there were so many young people out there that could see it. This is such a true event and no matter the age or sex it can happen to anyone and anyone can be affected by it.

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you

[Rob Santana]

Haha, wow, what a crazy experience. Getting jammed up by an 11 year old.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you for the review

[RachelReaper]

yeah, ya never know who's on here. sorry that happened

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you for the review.

[lee von cleef]

Mental Rhythm, words flying, through finger tips not sure who is writing,I am just a wire,arcing a weld into some ones head.

[That_Girl]

"I thought oh that's just great I'm talking smut to an 11 year old girl" I had an 11 year old girl, not even joking, comment on one of my smuts... left me speechless. Wasn't sure what to say to her... I just prayed I taught her something (seriously, I wasn't reading/watching porn at 11...)100 and she was still... innocent. Jesus. Nice poem!

[Kaylor Mason]

I always make an effort not to read too much into any comments or anything on the net, nor to get involved in it. It's too risky and false; our writerscafe profiles, facebook pages and everything else are only glamorous facades of what we'd like to be in real life (me included); the net's an invaluable tool for a writer, but, I think, it has no place in personal relationships--it's superficial at best

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx

[nigrum homonculus]

amen. the internet can be full of deception. i know alot of people in the reviews have said it below but hell man don't worry about it. we aren't psychic and you do your best for the young ones to avoid your work. keep doing what you're doing bro and well done for the write man.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanx

[Michael G.]

Ambushed... a correct word to use here. There isn't much you can do as a responsible adult except put up the "mature" screen and hope for the best. And you do that, already. You keep writing on your level... and hope they understand not everything is for their eyes and ears.

[Baby Ricochet]

That's true. Thanx