Bring Your Own Simone, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on @Twitter)

She is one of her own, she won’t leave it alone
When she feels strongly, don’t call her pesky
Your health could get risky, debate with her nicely
She makes her points precisely, she doesn’t take kindly

When you bully minorities, and trans people too
If you get stupid and dare to, she will eviscerate you
Misogyny, forget it, she’s done with you
Guns, flooded market, she’ll stand up for truth

A book, a book, a book, she’ll give you a dirty look
If you ask her is she’s seen a movie, I don’t even think
She knows what a TV is, that is, she loves to read
Indeed, voraciously

But don’t talk about cats or Charlie’s Angels
Do a Bill Clinton Impression, she will end the Twitter session
Tangle with her, she will teach you a lesson
This Jew knows how to handle you.
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This is a personal poem to a online friend of mine named Simone.

She is a staunch defender of minorities and LGBTQ, and she won’t take any shit from anyone. She will be happy to have a polite debate with you, but will block or boot anyone who she thinks is being an intolerant bigot. She does her research so don’t think a debate with her would be easy.

But like any human she also has a great sense of humor, and can be goofy and silly.

The last stanza is an inside joke. Everyone who is a regular reader of my poetry knows I named my female cat “Kelly” after the real actress Jaclyn Smith because two months before I got the twin cats, I got a real Tweet from the actress, so I named one of my cats “Kelly”. Simone groans every time someone asks me about my cat avatar without me bringing it up and I tell the story. Point being, I’ve told it a billion times and she is like “not again”.

And I can also do a pretty good Bill Clinton impression, but I also had worn that out in Twitter spaces, so that is bootworthy to her.

Anywho, thank you Simone for being a good friend.