Where the H is My H, Toshiba?

See Any Blanks? Please Insert the Letter After "G. "

Linda Louise Johnson
I must type too _ard

I must write too muc_

I t_ink I'm losing my touc_.

I've worn out my A.

I've got part of an E

And my N is going I see.

And w_ere is the letter

t_at comes after G?

T_at's w_at troubles me.

I've worn some w_ite letters

rig_t off of t_e keys.

Still, my fingers can find A, N and E

But t_e key after G flipped off

and flew t_rough the air

Landed in a crack I know not w_ere.

Now some metal prongs

are staring at me

where t_at flipping key used to be.

If I punc_ _ard

rig_t between t_e prongs

I get an H but it takes too long.

It's just not acceptable

t_at so many words

t_at used to _ave _'s now look absurd.

I want my _ back, my A and E too.

Do you hear me, Tos_iba,

I'm yelling at you!

I've _ad to buy two keyboards,

and if I go get number t_ree

I t_ink Tos_iba s_ould be paying me!

Published by Linda Louise Johnson

Linda Louise Johnson is an animal lover, crafter and hobbyist, graphic art afficionado and veteran writer. Her work has been featured on Associated Content, Yahoo! News, and eHow as well as in Poetry Garden,...  View profile

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  • Theresa Wiza10/31/2010

    Frustrating, isn't it? Weird as it sounds, the nail on my middle finger on my left hand ripped off and I had to cut it down below the nail line. I had no idea it would interfere with my typing and every time I typed a C, I had to slam on the key. Fortunately, my nails grow quickly. Hope you get yours fixed soon. This had to have taken a l-o-n-g time to write.

  • Keith O. Jones10/24/2010

    Linda I imagine you type much harder than necessary; but it did provide me with quite a laugh. My mothers laptop has this thing where upon one must make a pause between repeated letters or you don't get the second one. It has totally messed up her typing skills according to her.

  • Tony Payne10/21/2010

    The A as all but worn off the keyboard on my Dell laptop now, and for some reason alf the space bar is worn smoot. If you ave a desktop, you can at least buy a new keyboard very ceap.

  • Carol Roach10/21/2010

    urray for you

  • Dan Reveal10/20/2010

    You are so very clever!! Always a pleasure!!

  • Miko Amaranthine10/20/2010

    _a_a So funny! I once read this cute little book that this reminds me of... can't remember the name... basically this small group of people start to ban using letters of the alphabet in everyday language and writing. The towns people have to write and talk just like you wrote here. So cute! I just wish I could remember the name of it now.

  • Rena Sherwood10/19/2010

    Right. Crossing Toshiba laptop off the shopping list :-)

  • Kim Keason10/19/2010

    This is great! (coming from a writer whose son spilled pop on her keyboard and the space bar now sticks)!

  • pj10/18/2010

    W_at _he _eck!! only you could _ave t_ought of t_is.

  • Nancy G in Tennessee10/17/2010

    T_at is great, Linda! I wis_ I _ad _hought of t_at!

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