Surfs You Right! Poem by Denis Martindale

When Colin bought a computer, he didn't know a thing!
So in fact, without a tutor, he spent a lot, ker-ching!

So he plugged it in and waited... The PC screen stayed black!
For a while he hesitated and thought he'd take it back!

What's that? The on switch! There it was! The little so-and-so!
How foolish that he'd been so cross, yet now, all systems go!

An hour later, it calmed down! The Internet could start...
So Colin's forehead lost its frown, now he would soon take part.

The home page loaded, so he stared at small text on the screen,
The poor chap squinting unprepared, no longer quite as keen...

He clicked a link, saw colours change and near collapsed in shock!
'Good God! That site was really strange! ' That's one he had to block!

Another link he chose to try... This time some music played!
The volume had been set too high! He set it down to fade...

'Thank God for that! ' poor Colin said, 'At least I'm on my own! '
His cheeks by now were blushing red, as he let out a groan...

'OK! That's it! I'll beat this thing! ' He vowed with all his might!
Then he checked Google, Yahoo, Bing, still surfing through the night!

He fell asleep at half-past-five... He slept there like a slob!
Woke up, then off to work to drive, before he lost his job!

'That PC's going back next week! ' He told himself that day!
Alas, the poor guy's now a geek... His PC's here to stay!



Denis Martindale, copyright, July 2012.