Poncho Peligroso got popped off

                It happened. Poncho Peligroso, the 2011 Poet Laureate, got popped off of the internet. The internet saw what he was doing, how he was doing it, and decided: “Go forth and write these wrongs young one”. According to Poncho’s oft-visited website he had been getting too angry from everything on the internet. While I love the internet and everything happening on it sometimes it can be a sad place. Not all is lost though; you can still buy his book ‘the romantic’ complete with a flanneled figure looking out towards the future through thick-framed glasses. Why it needs glasses is beyond my comprehension. Guess the inanimate object wants to find its way around.

                Will the internet be able to go on without one of its most prolific tweeters? I just don’t know. Facebook already misses him, his many status updates, his embrace of all things political, poetic, and pop. People wonder when he’ll return. At least the hiatus is temporary. Someday, maybe soon, he’ll return with a tweet of such high caliber, one he crafted over many long nights, that he’ll become the Poet Laureate of 2012, 2013, and 2014 based off of his exquisite genius. Before he left he had become interested in the “Occupy Wall Street” moment and the police response to it.

                People have already had an outpouring of support for Poncho. He still lurks around the internet. Sometimes, if you look really closely at your Gchat, you can almost see him sign on. If you’re lucky he may IM you saying truly profound like “Sup bro” or “Damn dog diggity”. From my perspective, I feel the pain of his departure from this electronic plain. My fan page on Facebook lost a fan, a fan who I have even met in the real life, not in some distant way, but in an “I embraced this bro IRL” way. Will my fan page ever be the same again? Since the hiatus is only temporary, my answer is “yep”.

                Got to admit I’m glad Poncho is doing this, however much it pains my slow-beating sloth heart. People need time to think, away from the internet. The internet is a great place. All my friends live there. You live there. You are my friend. But sometimes real life calls us for bigger and better things. Even prolific poets/bloggers/etc. need breaks from the fast-paced internet life. Real life is far slower, far steadier, and far more susceptible to change.

                Here’s hoping Poncho comes back to us, returns on a Facebook status/Twitter Armada. I hope the social networks are ready for the re-introduction of such a prolific Poncho. Perhaps he will inspire me to take some time off. Time will tell.