| [Return to Sonnets 2009 List] | |
 |
Hard Drive Blues |
April was not the cruellest month. But May Not only brought rough chilly winds to shake Our buds and make the cherry blossom sway And fall to earth. It also brought a break, A crash, collapse of the computer’s drive: My hard drive not quite tough enough, I fear. Can something be rescued? Would it survive? The answer not the one I wished to hear. Often the routine things just get ignored And I’d not been assiduous enough In backing up. I had not taken care To see that everything was safely stored. Sometimes you find it’s the most trivial stuff That in the end’s most precious and most rare. alternative ending: You put things off; you’re only half aware Of what might be lost. I had not taken care To see that everything was safely stored. Sometimes you find it’s the most trivial stuff That in the end’s most precious and most rare. ©The contents of this page are copyright protected.
| |