A Poem for computer buffs…..

A POEM FOR COMPUTER BUFFS

The computer swallowed granddad

Yes, honestly, it’s true!

He pressed “Control” and “Enter”

And disappeared from view

It devoured him completely

The thought just makes me squirm

He must have caught a virus

Or been eaten by a worm.

I’ve searched through the recycle bin

And files of every kind

I’ve even used the internet

But nothing did I find.

In desperation, I asked Jeeves

My searches to refine

The reply from him was negative

No trace was found on line.

So, if inside your “inbox”

My granddad you should see,

Please “Copy, Scan and Paste” him

And send him back to me.

Submitted by:  Keith Paterson

GRANDDADS iPAD

He’s got himself and iPad and
It fills him full of glee
He can do so many functions
While he’s watching TV

He’s already got a laptop and
Upstairs are two PCs
But he has to move to use them
Not sit here at his ease

He can watch golf on the iPad
And rugby on TV
Yes, both at once – AND send emails
As easy as can be.

He can talk to other people
– face to face if they’re tuned in
And listen to some music
(to me a ghastly din)

He sits there on the settee
Quite deaf to all around
And though I stand and shout at him
He doesn’t hear a sound

He’s not a callow youngster
All excited with new tricks
Or a babe with a new rattle
– He’s a granddad, 86 

by Nora Veysey, Kent