Short Stories and Poems

Without a Face (a Cinquain)

Online

Am I more real

Do people know me more

Am I a liar with a face

Offline

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Just clearing this up:

I'm not suggesting I'm a liar, or that I act differently when I am not on the computer. I'm just saying that I am shy and nerdy and that people know me for my face and not for who I am. They don't really know me, while online, where people don't have faces, people know other people from conversations and writings and what kind of person they are. Online it doesn't matter how you look, or how much you read, or what you wear, or how old you are, or even what gender you are, because you don't have a face. It's so much easier to get to know people without those things in the way. At least that's my opinion.