SpiritNet - Poetry

Richard Atkinson

the bloody computer says no

i am typing up a poem on
the computer and as i am typing a message comes up

YOU CAN NOT TYPE THAT IN IT IS SEXIST

bloody computer has a mind of it's own but
i take out the offending lines
which i do not really think are sexist
if you take the poem as a whole.
i write some more lines

YOU CAN NOT TYPE THAT IN IT IS RACIST

hell ! i say
now i have even started talking to my computer !
you can not be serious !

but you see the line when taken with the overall poem
and it makes sense and is not racist !

damn you computer your sending me crazy !
so i take out the line
and carry on typing
next a message comes up

YOU HAVE EXCEEDED 100 LINES

well i am so sorry about that i say to the
computer
but i like writing long poems !

WELL MOST POETRY MAGS ONLY ACCEPT
POEMS OF UNDER 100 LINES
I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP

is the next message that comes up.
hell computer ! why can't you just leave
me in peace !
so as i can write the damn poem up !
i say to the computer.
so i take a few lines out
and think it might be finished
and i press the save button.

YOU CAN NOT SAVE THIS POEM
IT IS INFERIOR
IT IS A VERY BAD POEM
AND I WILL NOT SAVE IT

oh go to hell computer !
I'll start using a typewriter again from now on !
they don't answer back and make crass statements !

YOU ALSO CAN NOT SPELL THEY"RE
THEIR
OR THERE
CORRECTLY

i know
i know

and you don't know about love !
go to hell !