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I don’t like chaos
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The Full Monte
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Bayou Madman
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A special thank you Microsoft and Bill Gates.
I wrote these poems after I retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs
Education Service in 2001.
A haiku (high-koo) is short three-line poem that
uses sensory language to capture a feeling or image.
Haiku poetry was originally developed by Japanese
poets.
It uses a simple (five) 5, (seven) 7, and (five) 5
syllables format.
They are often inspired by nature, a moment of beauty,
or poignant experience.
I wrote these with strong details and detailed imagery.
M
Copyright© 2020 John J. Bates
A special thank you Microsoft
and Bill Gates.
Haiku 2001
Microsoft Errors
Haiku Error #1
A special thank you Microsoft and Bill Gates.
Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
Chaos reigns within
Reflect, repent, and reboot
Order shall return
Haiku Error #2
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Program aborting
Close all that you have worked on
You ask far too much
Haiku Error #3
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Haiku Error #4
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Gates.
Windows NT crashed
I am the blue screen of death
No one hears your screams
Haiku Error #5
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Gates.
Your file was so big
It might be very useful
But now it is gone
Haiku Error #6
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Gates.
The website you seek
Can not be located but
Countless more exist
Haiku Error #7
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Gates.
With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence
Document not found
Haiku Error #8
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Gates.
Out of memory
We wish to hold the whole sky
But we never will
Haiku Error #9
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Gates.
A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone
Haiku Error #10
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Gates.
You step in the stream
But the water has moved on
This page is not here
