This Poem was Submitted By: Terry L Krieg On Date: 2014-02-15 14:20:36 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Mindless

mindless computers push the wrong button- and it’s up your ass mindless people push the wrong button- and it’s up your ass mindless computers enter wrong data insistent, insatiable beep- error! error! mindless people use the wrong words running in circles- confusion! confusion! mindless computers power surge electricity down the line— shut down!!  shut down!! mindless people power surge rage through the mind— wipe out!!  wipe out!! mindless computers use precision language elicits specific response— questioning curser mindless people use specific directions elicits narrow response— blank minds mindless computers innovative queries imaginative search— endless electronic circles mindless people unexpected situations initiation of thought— immediate circles of panic which one am I dealing with now?

Copyright © February 2014 Terry L Krieg


This Poem was Critiqued By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2014-03-01 17:46:55
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Hi Terry - I can say there is def a charge in this piece - I can actually feel the hectic pace of life these days in your words - the world relying on machines for everything and the circumstances created when the power goes off - Love your take on technology - and the adjectives you've chosen are good - Blank, mindless, panic and the use of endless electronic circles sums up the message of your poem. For me personally the structure doesn't matter - it's more about the intensity in which you've written this - and your ending line "which one am I dealing with now" goes to the fact that there are so many it's become overwhelming perpetual use in today's society. Good job, I enjoyed this, Deni


This Poem was Critiqued By: Joe Gustin On Date: 2014-03-01 11:36:41
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
This poem sounds like a computer in melt down mode. Highly original. I have a friend who had a one day sort of breakdown because of the insistent beep of her fax machine. Each beep sounded like "here's more work to do,here's some more work to do. She's find now but to take the day off just to regain her sanity
This Poem was Critiqued By: Tony P Spicuglia On Date: 2014-02-16 10:24:34
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Welcome Terry- I don't think I’ve had the pleasure to critique a piece by you before. I look forward to it. Your ongoing analogy between mindless computers and mindless people makes the self-centeredness of people in dealing with people and the disinterestedness of computers is splendid. The one set (people), of purpose or ignorance, the other set, (computers) of mechanically designed insensitivity. Your finally line is cogent; the two merging and the end set while justifying neither. Personally; I think you were a bit harsh with the computers! They don’t need this shit!
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