Geek Speak

Neighborly chats gone digital,
computers catching on to
mere asides, to idle
gossip flash-drive
stored, the depth
of Dell, an Apple for each byte.
Toshiba knows of chat for
RAM, and of binary code
on which HP relies, a
laptop engagement,
C-drive such for
conversation
by the gate, or social
confabs Asus gained
that once were warming
eye to eye.
Chats neighborly now future
speak, mainframe the Macintosh
in boot, the notebook version
icon gab, the root of DOS
and shell of CAD.
The words at brunch
now Microsoft Windows,
touch-screen toolbar
password schmooze.


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