Exotic Earth: July 2011

   A computer was something on TV
from a science fiction show of note
   a window was something you hated to clean...
   and ram was the cousin of a goat...

    Meg was the name of my girlfriend
    and gig was a job for the nights
   now they all mean different things
and that really mega bytes

    An application was for employment
    a program was a TV show
  a cursor used profanity
    a keyboard was a piano

    Memory was something that you lost with age
   a cd was a bank account
   and if you had a 3 1/2" floppy
    you hoped nobody found out

    Compress was something you did to the garbage
    not something you did to a file
    and if you unzipped anything in public
    you' be in jail for a while

    Log on was adding wood to the fire
    hard drive was a long trip on the road
    a mouse pad was where a mouse lived
    and a backup happened to your commode

    Cut you did with a pocket knife
    paste you did with glue
    a web was a spider's home
    and a virus was the flu

    I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
    and the memory in my head
    I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash,
    but when it happens they wish they were dead.