A POEM FOR COMPUTER USERS OVER 50

A computer was something on TV
From a science fiction show of note
A window was something you hated to clean
And ram was the father of a goat.


Meg was the name of my girlfriend

And gig was a job for the nights
Now they all mean different things
And that really mega bytes.


An application was for employment

A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano.



Memory was something that you lost with age

A CD was a bank account
And if you had a 3-in. floppy ,
You hoped nobody found out.



Compress was something you did to the garbage
Not something you did to a file
And if you unzipped anything in public
You'd be in jail for a while.


Log on was adding wood to the fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode.


Cut you did with a pocket knife
Paste you did with glue
A web was a spider's home
And a virus was the flu.



I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper

And the memory in my head.
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they wish they were dead