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Emma's Poem Lost

I wrote a poem about my mule Emma is her name The fact that this is not the one My iPhone is to blame One night while tired and somewhat bored I looked in settings all functions stored Many hidden most quite curious I touched something quite injurious When to Notes Emma’s poem to dwell on There it was and then was gone! Just for a moment all notes appeared Then suddenly disappeared iPhone what the hell did you do Did I ever do anything to you Why discard all my notes and thoughts Leaving me with such a loss Emma’s poem was filled with love Now all I want is to get rid of This evil machine that’s caused me such grief And taken my work like a blasted thief So Emma’s poem is gone forever And I would so finally like to sever My connection to this evil machine That doesn’t really do anything Dante failed to create a place Where Steve Jobs could face his fate A virtual place where you and I Could digitally torment and make him cry Then maybe we could find some peace From iPhone blues and Apple’s Fleece

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 5/9/2015 8:46:00 PM
Howard, Congratulations ~LINDA~
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Howard Tunick
Date: 5/10/2015 4:16:00 PM
Thank you Linda.
Date: 5/9/2015 5:42:00 PM
Howard, congratulations in the Knight Writer's Club contest. SKAT :)
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Howard Tunick
Date: 5/10/2015 4:17:00 PM
Thank you SKAT. Kinda surprised me.
Date: 5/6/2015 2:34:00 AM
oh i can imagine your frustration losing your poem :-( I especially love the final stanza - very fitting! I do not possess an i phone just write and save on my laptop - :-) Hugs Jan xx 7 xx
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Jan Allison
Date: 5/7/2015 2:00:00 PM
Thanks Howard - my heart was in my mouth yesterday - there was a technical 'glitch' on my page all my soup mail disappeared ... then ALL my poems - my heart nearly stopped! Thankfully it got resolved but made me appreciate backing up all my poems! hugs Jan xx
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Howard Tunick
Date: 5/7/2015 12:08:00 PM
Hi Jan, That loss really hurt. I write on my laptop and my Android Phone now. Whatever I do on one... I repeat on the other. Little chance of total loss again (I Hope!) You seem to be well backed up here on PSoup. So much to read here. I tend to go for the Rhymes. You do rhyme very well. Stay well, H

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