Gremlin In The Computer
Working all day
Struggling all night
It has ti be done
It has to be perfect
Not one misspelled word
Every period has to be in
place
Illustrations have to tell
the story
So many times I watched the
sun go down
Just to see in come up again
Gallons of Pepsi
Dozens of bologna sandwiches
My eyes droop as I look at
the screen
Typing and importing pictures
I have come to hate every
word
Dreading open my computer is
frightful
I know what is there waiting
for me
It is finished on a cold
winter’s night
Everything is just the way I
want it
Beautiful and articulate
It is a masterpiece
If only the gremlin wasn’t
there
Watching as I hit the button
to print
Looking at the computer
starts to make it real
It watches as the pdf starts
to print
All the words come one by one
While the picture come
It steals them one by one
Leaving only blank pages
Again and again I try
Again and again the pictures
disappear
The frustration grows
The curse words flow
But the gremlin just laughs
God I need a drink
A handful of pills
And three days of sleep
But that won’t come
Not yet
Not until that pdf is
finished
Not until the gremlin is
chased from my sight
Only then I will alow myself
to relax
To drink
And lastly to sleep
Until my next project
When the little demon returns
And it starts all over again
