A Hopeless Task

A Hopeless Task

By Elton Camp

If humans to a machine are compared
To understand “she,” no “he” is prepared

A man needs a simple switch to operate
Many tuners and dials a woman does rate

All of them must be set exactly right
Or the poor guy can expect a fight

If he learns how they operate today,
Tomorrow, it may be another way

There’s not any user manual online
No place is there such a one to find

So the fellow must do the best he can
With a device he’ll never understand
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Hendricks Avatar
October 31, 2013 at 10:18 PM
Hahaha, funny man. We are a complex sort, yes. Great poem, my friend. Licia :-)
Camp Avatar
October 31, 2013 at 10:20 PM
Thanks for reading. I guess it is sort of sexist in a way, but it contains lots of truth also. Elton
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