Baxil [bakh-HEEL'], n. - Written for a recent ex-customer
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Written for a recent ex-customer
It's not often you get a support call requesting that the user's account be canceled due to, shall we say, wetware failure. But it happens ...
no carrier*
A modem now holds steady at 0 baud,
in summer winds rustling like line noise.
Dust settles on a faded keyboard, poised
askew, a forgotten idol's grey facade.
No monitor sleep light awaits the caress
of mouse, or space bar's careless press.
Spam stacks up, joining griefs and joys
of e-mails past, bookmarks well-trod --
we cannot find a forwarding address.
And somewhere, in an airy corner blessed
with bright wiring, built-in firewalls
(and no need to share the line with voice),
as bandwidth hymns soar in those shining halls,
she checks her websites at the knee of God.
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* In the finest traditions of modern poetry, the scansion is ragged; proper sonnet metre is so 20th century.
Current Location: ~yuba
Current Mood:  quiet
Current Music: DJ Liljo, "Holy Devotion" mix
Tags: wordplay, work, writing
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![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/9368951/1499346) | | From: | ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) r_caton |
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| Date: | July 18th, 2007 12:16 am (UTC) |
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I like it. it evokes very distinct images (almost like the the little toy soldier red with rust whose musket molds in his hands).
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/55312627/191865) | | From: | lizw |
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| Date: | July 18th, 2007 01:55 pm (UTC) |
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That's lovely.
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/22071813/148201) | | From: | elynne |
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| Date: | July 18th, 2007 05:20 pm (UTC) |
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Thank you for sharing this.
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/41140258/240226) | | From: | baxil |
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| Date: | July 20th, 2007 11:02 am (UTC) |
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Thank you! A big one this year.
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/3864503/240226) | | From: | baxil |
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| Date: | July 20th, 2007 11:02 am (UTC) |
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Many thanks!
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/5878435/768079) | | From: | yoje |
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| Date: | July 20th, 2007 05:40 am (UTC) |
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Happy birthday to the dragon whose birthday is on my birthday's eve. ^_^
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/9758701/240226) | | From: | baxil |
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| Date: | July 20th, 2007 11:03 am (UTC) |
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Thank you, and many happy returns to you also! July is a good time for birthdays ... |
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