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He thought he was a man self-made,
King of everything that he surveyed.
But pushing buttons gave him quite a chill,
He described going nowhere; like a treadmill.
He insisted that the device was the culprit
"I think it might be a short circuit."
Then the helpdesk started to laugh,
Said something that sounded like "riffraff"
When under stress, was it man or the machine that froze?
Who was it who thought a computer chip meant a Doritos?
While he mused in a sudden moment of clarity,
He then compared his new computer to Nietzsche.
If it exists, people will fear it.
This applies especially to a dimwit.
Don't try to act like you are leet,
When you dance to a radio drumbeat.
All the neighboorhood kids thought it bizarre,
They said "It is so simple to program a VCR."
He insisted "I really am a serious thinker."
But it was revealed he was a 12-o'clock blinker.
King of everything that he surveyed.
But pushing buttons gave him quite a chill,
He described going nowhere; like a treadmill.
He insisted that the device was the culprit
"I think it might be a short circuit."
Then the helpdesk started to laugh,
Said something that sounded like "riffraff"
When under stress, was it man or the machine that froze?
Who was it who thought a computer chip meant a Doritos?
While he mused in a sudden moment of clarity,
He then compared his new computer to Nietzsche.
If it exists, people will fear it.
This applies especially to a dimwit.
Don't try to act like you are leet,
When you dance to a radio drumbeat.
All the neighboorhood kids thought it bizarre,
They said "It is so simple to program a VCR."
He insisted "I really am a serious thinker."
But it was revealed he was a 12-o'clock blinker.
Based on a prompt in #PoetryPlease: Choose an electronic device (such as a cell phone, stereo, burglar alarm, etc.) and write a poem based on it.
Written about someone I know who admitted he can't use electronic devices.
Dedicated to all the "12 o'clock blinkers" out there... you know who you are.
©2008 by Sean Murphy, All Rights Reserved
Written about someone I know who admitted he can't use electronic devices.
Dedicated to all the "12 o'clock blinkers" out there... you know who you are.
©2008 by Sean Murphy, All Rights Reserved
© 2008 - 2024 exarobibliologist
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Yes, finally some sympathy for people like me! If I want to know what time it is I'll look out the window. And if I want to wake up early I open the window so the birds can wake me up. 