PC (Personal Carousel)

  I turn on my computer
And dial-up the internet
I log on to DataStar
I search for: problem and cause
Search too wide, please specify
I search for: world and pain
There are far too many hits
Maybe: world and life and (agony or grief or pain)
Still to much to go through
No time to scan all the information
Time costs, info costs
I search: former query and (treatment or remedy or cure)
There are more than 1000 hits
Will you continue?
I think not
I must make a new search
Maybe: life and (joy or happiness)
Damn, I'm stuck here
I try break, I try escape
It's no use - it doesn't work
I disconnect

 

   

© Amber Drake 2024
(First draft written in 1990, when we still had dial-up.)

 

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