19 April 2009 - 3:34poem: ode to code
you whine, you always
need attention
you cry and throw up
exceptions
you never say what’s wrong
you wake me, howling
every two hours,
all night
just to burp. sigpipe.
network error.
frustrating.
and exhilerating.
codebabies.
look, so cute
just like daddy.
this one was a bit of a challenge. but it’s hard for me to find the same satisfaction in anything else. code runs. it does, eventually, what it’s meant to. it lives. it plays hard to get, but gives in, finally. the white characters streaming past on a black screen are strangely fulfilling. and sometimes other people can even share in the experience.
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