That Machine

Freeverse

Why does a machine go to sleep?

You leave it for five or ten minutes,

depending on your favoured setting,

and, well, down it goes.

It's a machine. You want to throttle it!

One is so miffed, and so pissed off.

I had a friend who queried

why I dropped off for five or ten.

I would open my eyes;

his glared, were vexed.

I would stare.

He wanted to smother me.

Friends appear in different forms.

I love my computer; I love my friend.

Each has a favoured setting.

A setting favoured by it, by him, by me.

(17 Feb 2024)

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Friends and machines have their little moods. I get far more miffed with machines than people. If my phone or pc goes down, I get upset. It doesn’t last long.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

We aren't machines but even we have to go into sleep mode.

I guess our computers are our friends...so we should not begrudge them sleep...
They are there for us...