That computer glitch

Sometimes I want to go back to an era old

Where computer crashes do not unfold

Disasters that inconvenience many people simultaneously

Lead to anger, frustration, loss of precious productivity

Automation is great when it works well

But a single malfunction leads to hell

One single hacker can havoc create

One mistake can lead to a disastrous state

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It’s convenient to let information live in the cloud somewhere

When things work smoothly, no one does care

But like a house of cards when things fall

In a moment of frustration, you recall

A time when information could be stored

In more tangible ways, until order is restored

You wish you could go back to paper and ink…

Hard copies must exist somewhere, you’d think…

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The wondrous nature of technology is such

It does not allow you to pine for the past too much

Mostly a few clicks are needed for a problem to be solved

And you go back to using the technology that has evolved