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Tear_Jerk

 

Logging on to my computer I see

That ass is online - calls himself Tear_Jerk.

It is never the first time he insults

Me.  Practically every other line.

'How are you Fiona?'  He sends.  He knows

My name's not Fiona, but it's the troll

 

From the movie Shrek.  'Quit calling me Troll,'

I type.  'I'm calling you princess, you see,'

He sends.  No, he's calling me Shrek and knows.

'Got low confidence levels?' Says the jerk.

Grrrr...  He's always teasing me every line.

The low level of his shallow insults.

 

I have to get away from these insults.

I'll be meeting a friend today - no troll

With Chris - at the coffee shop.  I now line

My eyes and beautify me, so he'll see

Me well.  Far away from that low-life jerk.

I haven't seen Chris for ages.  He knows

 

I might not recognise him and he knows

He may not recognise me.  Jerk's insults

I'll be away from, for Chris is no jerk.

When I enter the coffee shop, I troll

Around looking.  Eventually, I see

A man who looks like Chris waiting in line.

 

'Hi, Chris,' I smile and join him in the line.

'Hi, Anne,' he says.  'You've not changed much.'  He knows

Me well.  Neither has he, I gladly see.

He buys me tea, we sit down.  His insults

Are none.  We talk, he does not call me troll.

I like him.  He is so unlike that jerk.

 

As we chat, I tell him about that jerk

Who calls me 'Fiona.'  It's out of line,

I tell Chris.  He spits out his coffee.  'Troll?'

He says, 'Today?'  He asks as if he knows

Jerk..  'Was the word 'Princess' in his insults

By any chance?'  Chris asks.  I quickly see

 

Why.  'I'm Tear_Jerk,'  Chris admits.  I now see

The man who's out of line with the insults.

'Troll?'  I'm outraged!  I slap Chris.. for he knows.