"Bechdel Tests"
What’s it like up on the net?
The best and worst that it can get
Where minds can meet in rapid bursts
Or ’tleast in asynchronous flirtsWhat’s it like where all is text?
Where common interest intersects
With all your heart could need to please
Its fractal hub communitiesWhat’s it like, the public square
The tumult, clammer, hubbub where
The darker mass issues decrees
And threats at worst indecenciesWhat’s it like, the public eye
With no way back, no cheered goodbye
What’s it like, a life hard-pressed
Now filled with storied Bechdel testsWhat’s it like? You realize
The pictures, slanders, truths and lies
What’s it like up on the net
It’s those who think we haven’t metWhat’s it like back in your home?
Always—rather, never alone.
Part of NaCreSoMo 2015.