beep
𐑚𐑰𐑐
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
𐑞 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑲 𐑑𐑲𐑐𐑛
𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑩 𐑕𐑐𐑱𐑕
𐑢𐑺 𐑦𐑑 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑚𐑰𐑯
𐑩 𐑥𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑡 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑕𐑳𐑐𐑴𐑟𐑛
𐑑 𐑐𐑪𐑐 𐑳𐑐
𐑪𐑯 𐑥𐑲 𐑥𐑱𐑑𐑕 𐑥𐑪𐑯𐑦𐑑𐑼
𐑦𐑑 𐑕𐑧𐑛
“𐑪𐑥 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑦 𐑐𐑨𐑛𐑥𐑱 𐑣𐑳𐑥”
𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑐
𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑬𐑼 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑝𐑼𐑕𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟
𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 ·𐑚𐑫𐑛𐑦𐑟𐑥
𐑢𐑰 𐑕𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑤𐑪𐑙 𐑮𐑴
𐑥𐑪𐑛𐑻𐑯 𐑛𐑱 𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑚𐑟
𐑨𐑑 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑿𐑑𐑼𐑟
𐑞 𐑮𐑵𐑥 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑩 𐑛𐑳𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥
𐑯 𐑞 𐑥𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑡
𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑩𐑮𐑲𐑝
“𐑚𐑰𐑐!”
𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑
𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑮𐑴
𐑹𐑤 𐑚𐑰𐑣𐑛 𐑑𐑵
𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛
𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑪𐑯
𐑕𐑢𐑰𐑐𐑦𐑙 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑞 𐑮𐑵𐑥
𐑩𐑯 𐑧𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑮𐑪𐑯𐑦𐑒 𐑢𐑱𐑝
𐑝 𐑐𐑳𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑚𐑰𐑐𐑦𐑙𐑟
𐑩𐑐𐑨𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑪𐑯
𐑑 𐑯𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑝𐑲𐑝 𐑞𐑬𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑥𐑩𐑖𐑰𐑯𐑟
𐑩𐑒𐑮𐑪𐑕 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑯𐑦
𐑪𐑯 𐑥𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑦𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑲𐑑𐑟
𐑩𐑮𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑞 𐑒𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑦
𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑗𐑛 𐑞 𐑥𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑡
𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑥𐑴𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑
𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥
“𐑖𐑱𐑝 𐑥𐑲 𐑚𐑨𐑒
𐑥 𐑒𐑹𐑤 𐑥𐑰 ·𐑧𐑛𐑯𐑩!”
𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑯𐑑 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑕𐑨𐑒𐑛
𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑥𐑨𐑯
𐑲 𐑔𐑹𐑑 𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝𐑦𐑙
𐑩 𐑣𐑸𐑑 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒
𐑒𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑼𐑮𐑦 𐑑𐑨𐑐𐑼𐑮𐑦
𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑢𐑱
𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙
