I
can’t let on
That
I’m not
All
that busy
Or
else
Everyone
Might
have
A
few tasks
That
I could
Probably
Help
with.
And
it’ll be
Something
Completely
Awful,
I’m
sure
What
I have to do already is awful
Updating
a single box
Buried
four levels deep
In
a cumbersome program
On
part after part
One
at a time
Into
infinity
I’ve
done the math
Well,
I started to do the math
Realized
the number was insurmountable
Dropped
my pen on the paper
Left
the computation undone
And
decided to make something up
An
exaggeration that will prove itself
To
be a gross under-estimate
That’s
what the numbers were saying
And
I would rather play solitaire
Than
see the concrete evidence
Shhhh!!
Eyes
ahead
Move
the mouse
A
little to the left
Type
four words
Move
eyes purposefully
From
screen to screen
Left
to right
Up
then down
Lean
in and squint
Point
to a spot
Look
back
To
the other screen
Type
a number
Move
mouse again
Click
and lean back
Now
I’ve bought another fifteen minutes
Where
I don’t have to do much
As
long as I keep the program up
Sitting
as if I’m mid-action
While
I stare at the screen
Deciding
if I need a snack
My
mind drifting on the backs of falling leaves
Unaware
of the berserker blood
Boiling
in my Nordic heart
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