Oh, I wish I hadn’t read the comments section.
All I wanted was to read the news.
I scrolled down too far, and BAM, there they are:
Angry people with differing views.
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Oh, I wish I hadn’t read the comments section.
It’s such a sad sight to see.
Opinions are flying. The doves, they’re dying.
Bruce is wrong and Jed is so mean.
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Oh, I wish I hadn’t read the comments section,
Too late now, I’ve gotten sucked in.
I can’t let it go. Jed has to know
the truth and the life that’s I’ve lived!
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Oh, I wish I hadn’t read the comments section.
Darn it! I’ve become one of them.
I’m typing so fast. I shall not come in last!
Take that, Bruce! Shut it, Jed! I’m with Mel.
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Oh, I wish I hadn’t read the comments section.
Jed’s jab is now stuck in my head.
He’s so idiotic, so stupid, moronic.
I can’t, I just — what’s that he said?!
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Oh, I wish I hadn’t read the comments section.
I really don’t like to curse.
But this dude I don’t know, we’re in quite a row
and no one can find the reverse.
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Oh, I wish I hadn’t read the comments section.
Mel’s right: this is not worth my time.
I just can’t get through. What’s a writer to do?
Without rhythm, we will never rhyme.
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Oh, I wish I hadn’t read the comments section.
I left the thread but the damage is done.
It ruined my walk, and now I can’t talk
without thinking of Bruce, Mel, or Jed.
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I don’t even know these people. What do I care?!
Why did I do this again?
How could I think that my heart wouldn’t sink
when I crushed others with the thoughts in my head?
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I should have known better than to scroll down that far
and see the shots fly on the page.
And the worst of all? My own shallow fall
into the darkest depths of my rage.
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Oh, I wish I hadn’t read the comments section,
because now my brain’s filled up with crap.
But for YOU my kind reader, I hope you can see that,
the comments are not where it’s at!