Technical Difficulties
A Poetic Flip on My Hardware Blip
The machine does not isolate man
from the great problems of nature,
but plunges him more deeply into them.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(1900 - 1944)
My laptop's in the shop,
But musings dare not stop.
If I can't write,
My heart's delight,
I think that I might pop!
The family now must share
One monitor and chair.
We wait and whine
To get online,
A system fair and square.
The screen began to freeze,
And I grew ill at ease.
My pulse grew quick,
My stomach, sick,
In varying degrees.
The modem link-up slowed,
Perhaps from overload.
I groaned in pain,
With thoughts profane,
As each electrode glowed.
So now it's in the heap.
It uttered its last "Beep!"
While they repair,
I do declare,
Perhaps I'll get some sleep!
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I obviously can relate to this. Thank you for the cute poem! :-D
Great poem! I love it!
Cute :)
Darling :-)
I don't know what I would do without my laptop. I like to sit in my chair and type, nice and comfortable. We have another computer but its my daughters and she hates when I use hers. There can't be abd stuff, she's only 5! I hope you get your computer back soon.
This is third attempt to comment...perhaps you could write a poem about that frustration...so if this shows up multiple times....UGH...but, at least I have a comp to type on.....you penned the frustration well.....even though we have other computers if my laptop goes down i feel weird.
HA! We've been through this hideous computer-sharing experience in our house.