The computer crashed and, once again, I’m caught in a confused morass
of ignorance (on my part) of what to do when the hard drive is re-established … sigh ….
HELP WANTED
it opens a grey mouth
masticates files 
swallows the chewed relics
into a wired cauldron
of bytes chips urls
swirling in a gastric fugue
I fish with inexpert fingers
for a folder hoping the monster
will regurgitate poetry
instead lines an arrow
a nothing instruction
which leads me to the phone
and a request for friendly
help
First published by Short Humour
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‘A Bedroom of Searchlights’: poetry. This collection draws a picture of the poet’s divorced mother, an artist with two children, who struggled with poverty, war, and the realities of daily life, yet still found beauty and comfort in her garden, and her art. From Inanna Publications, 2016.
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About Joanna M. Weston
Born in England, she lives in British Columbia. She is married with three sons,
Joanna has an MA from the University of British Columbia. She has published in numerous anthologies and in magazines in Canada, the US, UK, and New Zealand, such as Canadian Women's Studies, Convolvus, Endless Mountains Review, Grain, Green's Magazine, Prairie Fire, Spin, Wascana Review, CBC Gallery, and many more...
Emtirely my case ;-(
Last time I ”lost” my computer, the power cord had slipped, removed it self, fell where I could not see it. At the end of the day, after I called a tecchie friend who asked me to take the computer to him. Bill arrived, looked for the power cord where he had installed it, and I had my computer back !