Lost In the Cloud

Had some pictures on my iPhone,
But they’ve somehow disappeared.
Since I’m not so techno-savvy,
This was something that I’d feared.

‘Course I didn’t have a back-up.
Could have sent them to my mail;
But I let procrastination
And some laziness prevail.

I bemoaned their disappearance,
Thinking them forever lost
And, most likely, in my furor,
There were several curses tossed.

So a friend who overheard, said,
“All this moaning’s not allowed;
For your photos haven’t vanished – 
You can find them in the Cloud!”

What this means is quite beyond me;
Sounds like Esalen or Zen.
I rejected those some years ago
And would do so again.

But though I don’t understand it,
I believe the Cloud is real;
And if it returns my pictures,
Oh, how happy I will feel!

So tomorrow I’ll hit Google
And I’ll find the code to crack
That I need to fly up to that Cloud
And get my pictures back!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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July 31, 2013 at 9:08 AM
Good luck, Ilene. But - they are only "in the cloud" if you put them there. If they were never sent from your I-phone to someone else, then they never made their way to the cloud. Sorry - I happen to be a little techno-savvy - an occupational hazard. I was a computer programmer before people even knew what a computer was. I was working in the cloud before it was called a cloud. The good thing about your dilemma ... it resulted in a creative and funny poem!
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July 29, 2013 at 11:05 AM
Look, there's littles bunnies and oh my an apple tree. It,s something what is in the sky when you look up and see. Hoping you find your pictures in the clouds ilene.
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July 28, 2013 at 8:10 AM
hahaha, my head is IN a cloud. I can barely use the old fashioned cell phone I already have. Hope you retrieve your pictures , sweetie, and keep up with your humor on today's topics!!
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July 28, 2013 at 7:35 AM
Dear Ilene, Your poems bring me such joy. Hurrah! love, Kathy
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