beep
๐๐ฐ๐
the command I typed
had a space
where it should not have been
a message was supposed
to pop up
on my mate’s monitor
it said
“om mani padme hum”
just for something to type
given our conversations
about Buddhism
we sat in a long row
modern day scribes
at computers
the room had dozens of rows
and the message
did arrive
“beep!”
it went
but then the first row
all beeped too
then the second
and so on
sweeping down the room
an electronic wave
of punishment beepings
apparently it went on
to nearly five thousand machines
across the whole company
on multiple sites
around the country
I had changed the message
at the last moment
from
“shave my back
and call me Edna!”
I didn’t get sacked
but man
I thought I was having
a heart attack
clickery tappery
is no way
to earn a living
๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐
๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฑ๐
๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ
๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ก ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐๐ณ๐๐ด๐๐
๐ ๐๐ช๐ ๐ณ๐
๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ผ
๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐
“๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฅ”
๐ก๐ณ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ผ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐
๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ ยท๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ
๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ ๐ฎ๐ด
๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ป๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐
๐จ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐
๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฅ
๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ก
๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐
“๐๐ฐ๐!”
๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐
๐๐ณ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด
๐น๐ค ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ต
๐๐ง๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐
๐ฏ ๐๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ
๐๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฅ
๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐
๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐๐
๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐ช๐ฏ
๐ ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐
๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ด๐ค ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฆ
๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฒ๐๐
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฏ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ
๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ก
๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ
“๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐
๐ฅ ๐๐น๐ค ๐ฅ๐ฐ ยท๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฉ!”
๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐
๐๐ณ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ
๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐
๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ธ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐
๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฆ
๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐
