The Last Word

Surprise! Out of the ether of time and
space named social media comes a
sneering, malevolent challenge from
someone whose stinging words
swiftly identify him and certainly his
choice of politics as a firmly devoted
member of a loathed and loathsome
ideology whose champions actively
seek out martyrdom in their deadly
cause. Your visceral gasp of revulsion
incites an immediate albeit restrained
response-in-kind as a reminder that
in a civilized world his barbaric
Medievalism has no place. Nor does
his pious declaration of respecting
'human rights' shield his purpose as
a terrorist-supporting stalwart, your
acknowledgement toward which
simply elicits continued verbal jabs
and you realize that to joust with anyone
afflicted with such an impoverished
world view aids his cause and serves
to elevate him personally in the esteem
of those of his cohorts following him
and repeating the exchange on that
same stream of social media that you 
equate with the sinister Dark Web.