last summer
when my computer went all black
and stayed that way
i took it to my local computer nerds
who miraculously resuscitated it
but gave me a grim prognosis
‘living on very borrowed time’
so i ordered a new one
while waiting for the old one
to finally go in peace
but it continued to limp along
until a couple of weeks ago
when i saw the above message
‘more than 10 hours to charge it – while plugged in’
until finally
it read
‘not charging’
i took mercy on it
we’ve been through a lot together
it knows all of my secrets
my ups and downs
has given its all
after a fond farewell
pulled out the new one
not as familiar
but we will soon be
a team
as we begin again.
“on the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.”
-scott adams
I didn't have my glasses on.... 