Sunday, February 16, 2014

Laptop Requium [sonnet]


My laptop died & so I write
an android verse in solomn shade
I tried recovery tonight
but Mercury is retrograde

it saw me through some years of life
& helped me land a job (God bless!)
it didn't chance to find a wife
but joined in many games of chess

its battery's been long since shot
but otherwise it's served me fine
this good Fujitsu that I bought
way back in two thousand and nine

or was it two thousand and ten?
whatever - fare thee well old friend


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postcript: the laptop's demise proved to be unwittingly exaggerated; it revived after a visit to the shop.  And this post is being typed on same.

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