Pressed the button one two times
Wait to hear computer chimes,
Screen is blank, no noises heard
Another press that makes it third.
Check the battery in the mouse,
Look for spares around the house,
Next the keyboard power light
Dust inside unseemly sight!
Power sockets in their place,
Tangled wires great disgrace,
Cables fitted look alright
Feel the couplings out of sight.
Now take manual from the rack
Thousand pages front to back,
Many languages are there,
Is English hiding out somewhere?
Index ten, subtitle six:
“Nothing works, you’re in a fix!
Check with helpdesk overseas
But only when we’re open please!”
Now my tested patience leaves
Out the door the manual heaves;
Then I hear my wife’s loud shout,
“Did you know our power’s out?”
“© Ian Grice 2008”
Comments
1 - 6 of 6
-
This is so funny Ian
Brill poem xxx
-
This is funny...and yet...aargh...there can be computer woes galore! My biggest problem is I live in an area where there is no high speed internet so I am on dial up....sooooo frustratingly sloooooow! Thanks for the laugh with this write...great start to my morning! 
Pam
-
Great work!!!
It's so refreshing to see such a vivid imagination these days!!! Thank you for sharing.
-
Excellent Ian. You're a riot. Poor guy. I bet you felt silly, huh?
Really funny, tight rhyme here.
Excellent flow,
Next time, start with that,
jin
-
OMG this is too funny. I can just picture this whole scenario. Meter and rhyme are perfect in this charming piece! Well done!
-
I am so laughing my ass off!!!! This is so funny I'm putting this one in my list
Adding your comment:
1 - 6 of 6
