Friday 23 July 2010

A Day In The Life Of Ivan Computervitch

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN COMPUTERVITCH

And the sequence of events
followed the usual order
of consecutive procedures
And the end concluded
in the final termination
as was logically expected
And the next beginning
started in the manner
most suitable for commencement
And the sequence of events
followed the usual order
of consecutive procedures
Until an unforeseen interruption
caused the unprecedented occurrence
of a nonstandard deviation
And before the data could be formulated
to determine the future direction
a tertiary path was motivated
And before the data could be formulated
to determine the future direction
a quaternary path was motivated
And after the approach of the seventh
order of chaos
a fuse was blown
And after the fuse was replaced
the energy regulator was serviced
the input adjusted and the output modified
And the sequence of events
followed the usual order
of consecutive procedures
And the end concluded
in the final termination
as was logically expected

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Sheffield, 23rd January 1972

Publications

1975 Sphinx (UK)
1987 ANWUC (UK)

1 comment:

  1. "the seventh order of chaos"
    Gerald, I now have days like that. I just hope I don't reach the tenth order of chaos - before then I'll hopefully be done,
    best,
    :) gwilym

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