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New Computer

hours wasted—
navigation nuevo
intentional misdirection
to cost you more
much more than you need
more than you didn’t even know
you didn’t need—
same old sorry song
rapacious kings of industry
employing the needy
to prey upon the helpless—
covering their tracks with political
pandering—
painless philanthropy

5 thoughts on "New Computer"

Sylvia Ahrens says:

June 24, 2018 at 8:49 pm

Bobby – Nice economy of language here. “Rapacious kings of industry/employing the needy/to prey upon the helpless” is exactly right. Who hasn’t been sold something they didn’t need or didn’t want?

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Mike Wilson says:

June 25, 2018 at 5:02 am

I feel your pain and can identify with the narrator’s experience

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Jim Lally says:

June 25, 2018 at 8:28 am

thanks for the warning

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K. Bruce Florence says:

June 25, 2018 at 9:00 am

Been right there and hooray for your words to point out the needless fippery thrust on the unaware! As usual you have the unique talent of using words to creating cudgels.

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Melva Sue Priddy says:

July 1, 2018 at 12:47 pm

Enjoy those last several lines with popping ps.

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