a Poem - Move Over, Old Friend Longfellow - There's a Hole in the Internet
By Gus Kilthau
@Ceerios (4698)
Goodfellow, Texas
October 16, 2015 4:10pm CST
Here comes Shorty. I am long of years and short of smarts. The perfect combination for a poet, right? Wrong ! Just because a person knows how to turn on the computer's spell-checker doesn't make them either smart or a writer of poems. It requires that you can be a wee bit nutty, too.
Sure would be nice to be able to join that club - the poet club that does not allow anyone to bring their pet doggerel into the clubhouse with them. That one.
I don't know how our old friend, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow did it, but he could ask you to blink your left eye, and before the eyelid came back open, out would pop a great poem. You never knew what the subject might be. Today an Ojibway Indian, tomorrow a blacksmith with great big hands, and the next day, something else. Reading Henry's stuff, your toes get to tapping.
I know that I can never beat him, but I surely would like to join him. So, here's a thought on how to bring that idea onto target.
Write only purebred doggerel. Westminster Dog Show winner rhymes. Dog bones from prize bulls. Real barkers. Frisbie catchers.
Let's get it on.
The Hole in the Internet
"Click" went the key and the screen followed through.
On the screen it said "Error." I thought "What is new?"
Tapped on another - a better one now.
"That'll do it for me - please fix things somehow."
I never suspected a problem with pecking
little keys that are destined for Internet wrecking.
Why is it wrong to click on an "A"
when "A" worked so well - just yesterday?
Maybe a "Z" would be a lot fitter,
or maybe another'd be pick of the litter?
"Finally, finally, everything's right.
'Found the good keys. But there went the night."
Out went my message, full of truth and big lies.
With text so abundant, it was of great size.
With letters on letters, its weight took a toll.
It fell on deaf ears through the Internet hole.
Image source - Pixabay
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
1 Jun 17
@pgntwo - Friend PGN - As I look at the date of commenting (today) and the date of original posting of the discussion, it can readily be seen that there is a hole in the Internet - and perhaps it is a wormhole kind of hole. (Now THERE is a really holy observation for you, PDN.) - Gus -
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