I don't know why I was so upset

When I realized it.

I didn't write when I was supposed to.

No greeting cards or scrapbook pages

had been done in a while.

Sims and Diner Dash had been totally neglected.

But when I pushed the power button

and nothing happened, I cried.

All I could think about were all the things I could have done.

If only the computer would come on.

I switched out parts,

unplugged and replugged,

But still, nothing happened

and I'm really, truly sad.

When I get a new computer

I'm not going to neglect it.

I'm going to write until

my hands cramp.

I'm going to make greeting

cards for every day on the calendar.

I'll make a scrapbook with all

the crappy photos I didn't want

anyone to see.

And I'm going to play every

goddamn game on it including solitare.

All praises due to the computer

and the folks that brought them into existence.

I don't know how I'm going to function without you.