"Your check is lost in cyperspace,
I'm sorry, ma'am, I can't erase
your purchase from the stupid frozen screen."
The help desk gave me techno-talk,
they say, "it's orphaned." What the f**k
is something like that really s'posta mean?
So now I've angry customers
waiting in line (few things are worse),
and must reboot this finicky machine!
Author notes
True story. . . and honestly the first thing the word "orphan" brought to mind
A contest entry
- Word Prompt I - by Manda Kathryn.
400 points, ended November 17, 2008, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Hahaha oh no
I hear you I really do on this one
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OMG similar things have happened to me and I know exactly how frustrating it is!! I love the language you use and nice way of rhyming. The word "orphaned" is like a climax of this poem, I find it really poetuic in the middle of technological terms. Quite creative - now, no computer can take *that* from you
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I like that you went outside the box with this and introduced me to a real story at the same time
This was great to read, though I'm sure all those angry customers wasn't!
Great write!
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Thank You for Your Entry & Best of Luck
Stay safe
~Manda
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Thank you for your comments, and thank you for inspiring my poem with your contest!
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Lol
I love it . great truths here. But I thought I was the only poet in Jersey
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haha. nope. but you might be the only conservative in Brooklyn (j/k)
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