Homer's (the blind man's) poetry as seen by the waiter

"Iliad XXIV"
 

 
)-: 6:55 a.m.

ROM & RAM

Computerese was spoken at the motherboard

Sophia remembered all stored in ROM

forgot at a flick of a switch all in RAM

Input and Output came and went on the bus

controlled by the command of a key-stroke

she, was not pretty but smart, his love

He was pleading with ROM

on his knees sending prayers to RAM

to put the worksheet back on the bus

and alive he may stroke

the splendid proof of his intelligence and love

to create great things with the motherboard

CORRUPTED DISK said RAM.

He cried and clicked and clicked for the bus

and he clicked his heels and stroke

an accord of unprintable terms none of love

spilling his guts and anger onto the motherboard

who remembered everything in ROM

Words Mencken did not know existed an omnibus

full of such unspeakables ready for a stroke

red in his face his ego was bleeding anti-love

the mouse was in hiding and the motherboard

cool like always looked for instructions in ROM

who referred her to empty memory of RAM

demands for information by each stroke

of the keyboard still came. This was bad-love

annoying her and the motherboard

asked for sign language from ROM

to flip off the man attacking now RAM

and the sign went out on the bus

FATAL ERROR my love

said she the motherboard

in computerese to ROM

and displayed in uppercase by RAM

at once put on the bus

before the next keystroke

with this she the motherboard

together with ROM and RAM

said "Don't dare harassing me love!"

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