Tinkered with them all today
All of the machines were way
Off-base for so many reasons
Stayed with it until breezing
Floppy drives not addressable
Hard drives which'd become full
CD-ROM drives couldn't be tasked
Modems down and under the mask
Soundcards which didn't sound
Video cards making the rounds
From one system to yet another
One combination didn't recover
Reworked them again and again
Mind stayed with it to stay sane
Finally got it down to one blighter
A floppy which could do no righter
Regardless of which system inserted
One of those just now fixed (supposed)
Pulled it, replaced it with a new one
Thank goodness I had ordered some
Now all systems are go - and purring
Just took some dedicated time, stirring
Up the bits and pieces from spare parts
Took so much time - had to forego art
But now everything is strumming fine
'Cause dissonant chords allowed time
And so when one is lost another's won
The battles of people scars only some
Christopher W. Thomas
6:15pm Thurs 11/20/97