a modern nursery rhyme
I wrote this nonsense for NaPoWriMo 2011. It was getting zilch eyeballs. Hope it will do better this time.
The work in the office is boring...
photo by DarrenHester
image from morguefile.com
a modern nursery rhyme
Jack was a geek with a passion for speed.
He tweaked his PC to run it faster.
It purred like a cat but that's about that.
It spluttered and coughed and died soon after.
09/04/2011
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I think it kind of singes...
Road sign on a county road :
DRIVE SLOW AND SEE OUR CITY.
DRIVE FAST AND SEE OUR JAIL.
Shared on Poetry Pantry #293 at Poets United. Promise to be back with something better at next post.
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2016
The work in the office is boring...
image from morguefile.com
a modern nursery rhyme
Jack was a geek with a passion for speed.
He tweaked his PC to run it faster.
It purred like a cat but that's about that.
It spluttered and coughed and died soon after.
09/04/2011
**********
I think it kind of singes...
Road sign on a county road :
DRIVE SLOW AND SEE OUR CITY.
DRIVE FAST AND SEE OUR JAIL.
Shared on Poetry Pantry #293 at Poets United. Promise to be back with something better at next post.
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2016
posted by dsnake1 at 11:27 PM
21 Comments:
I think its awesome :D
Happy Sunday :D
Lots of love,
Sanaa
thank you, Sanaa!
have a lovely week!
Funny :-) I like it!
I have to say that this is too often too true... that's why people buy new computers.
This made me smile!
I really liked the metaphor here...our modern lives are always being tweaked to go faster with disastrous results....glad you shared it!
Well DARN! Such bad luck.
LOL :)
Reminds me of my old Compaq PC I had in University that I foolishly tried to over clock to turn it into a personal server and ended up frying it instead. PC modding, todays versions of motorheads. lol
at least it reached its target before saying goodbye :)
C.C.
thank you! :)
Bjorn,
bring out the credit card! :D
Sherry,
thanks for the smile. :)
Donna,
hmm, this is a new perspective! true, our modern lives are always tweaked to go faster. :(
Mary,
well, he deserves it! :D
thotpurge,
:)
Luk Lei,
heh, my first pc was a brand called Compro. i dared not mess with it, it was a pretty big deal then.i have thought about it, on later PCs, but don't have the guts and confidence to try overclocking.
seems i made a sensible choice. :)
"pc modding, today's versions of motorheads" : that's a good comparison! adventurous people with too much time on their hands!
totomai,
yeah, and maybe set a speed record in the process. :)
There is a cautionary tale in that i am sure - never pays to run faster than one's vocation - but how terribly dull if we do
well, in this world there are :
outlaws
rebels
buccaneers
bikers
BASE jumpers
& assorted adventurers
and yes, how terribly dull if all stick to conformity.. :)
I like your nursery rhyme. Made me smile.
Ha! Tried that didn't think to change the cooling fan was gaming right a long POP! fried cpu.
HAhahaha ...It's time you get out... I'll throw you a rope.
Kidding aside it was/is a nice snapshot.
ZQ
Myrna,
thank you! :)
Tatius,
:D
you too? the devil's in the cooling.
ZQ,
thanks for the rope. to hang the darn PC. :)
Light poetry - done well - is not as easy as many suspect ... until they try it. Ha! This is a treat.
do not treat light verse lightly! the mood must be right. :)
thank you, wendy!
You know, it's painful story for geeks without sarcasm. Some people like office work.
Maya, i have nothing against geeks. on the contrary, i think they are very intelligent, but misunderstood people.
i was talking about my day in the office, that particular day was very slow with little work to do (which is pretty rare).
thanks for dropping by. :)
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