18 August 2006

The Stalking Expert

it's easy to set up
search-engine rss-feeds
that watch for new material
on a given topic

but suppose your chosen topic
was a living human

and you wanted
obsessively
even sinisterly
to watch for every tiny hint
of what they're up to
using ALL available searchengines

especially monitoring
their online presence(s)
if they have any

forums they post to
forums that gossip about them

nicknames, pseudonyms, avatars
titles of their creative works
lyrics and other quotes
family members

building a database
of facts-already-known
so that old material
can be downgraded

tapping into a continually updated
clearinghouse
of searchable sites
(Stalker Central)

and imagine that this
becomes routine

this week only
stalk any ten celebs
for $19.99