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YESTER-E
By GILLY
30 November 2006
Something I wrote awhile back.


Yester’s E

WITH A CLICK.


‘SEND IT?’

‘OR SAVER IT?’

‘OR BOTH?’

NO, REGROUP, REFORMAT.

‘NOT AN  I.T.C.E. DOCUMENT FOR THIS SERIES #5635 PENTAX.’

‘REFORMAT?’

‘CLICK YES!’

‘OR CLICK NO!’

‘OR CLICK YES!’

WHO KNOWS? WELL YES, I THINK, BUT DON’T SAVE IT, DON’T SAVE IT, BUT

WHY?

MY MEMORY HAS SLIPPED A COG.

SLIP A COG?

‘IT’S OLD SOFTWARE, WHAT CAN I SAY? MY PROGRAMER WAS A SYMPLETON, SO IT SAYS.’

‘SO TELL ME,WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?’

‘I COULD SAVE IT AS SUCH UNDER THE NEW FORMAT AND GET LOST AS ZEROS AND ONES, NEGATIVES AND POSITIVES, SO ONLY SEND IT FORMATED AND REGROUPED AND RESET. SEND IT THROUGH THE SUPERFICUAL WAVE AS A QUASI ONE, SHALL I ENCRIPT IT TOO?’

THAT WAS MY THOUGHT! I DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING.

JUST AS I SUSPECTED, READ THE SCREAN.

‘DOT DASH DASH DASH DOTTTTTTTT DASSSSSH DOT DASHHHH DASSSSHHHH DOTT DOTTT DOTTTT DASH DOT DASH. ‘

AND THEY’LL UNDERSTAND IT?

‘HOW SHOULD I KNOW?’

‘I’M  PROGRAMED ONLY TO READ TRUE WAVE PATERNS, BECAUSE I’M OLD, FROM EARLIER TRAINING, RPOGRAMMING EARLIER READING , BEFORE TV ,RADIO, BEFORE THE CARS, AND THE WHEEL, EVEN FIRE. MAN MAD OF COURSE, BUT SURE, MAYBE. IT CURRENTLY TAKES 1000 YEARS TO GET THERE YA KNOW.’

IS THAT QUICK?’

‘THE QUICKEST.’

‘SO WHAT’S THE MESSAGE? YOU GONNA TELL ME? YOU WANNA?’

OK. THIS IS IT:

“WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RESPONCIBILITY TO INFORM YOU OF THE MALFUNCTION ON OUR HYPER-WYPER DIGITAL WINDSHIELD ANTI CLINGING SELF REMOVING AGENT. WE REGRET TO SAY IT IS NOW OBSOLETE. THERE IS GOOD NEWS THOUGH. YOUR WHEEL IS STILL IN CIRCULATION AS WELL AS THE LATE VERSION UNDERWOOD 1932. IT’S QUITE GOOD FOR REPORTS, BUT THE LETTER ‘A’  TENDS TO STICK.”


BLACK ROSE

APRIL 21,2000

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