Remember when.....

Remember when........


A computer was something on TV from
a science fiction show of note
a window was something you hated to clean
and ram was the cousin of a goat


Meg was the name of my girlfriend
and gig was a job for the nights
now they all mean different things
and that really mega bytes


An application was for employment
a program was a TV show
a cursor used profanity
a keyboard was a piano


Memory was something that you lost with age
a CD was a bank account
and if you had a 3 1/2" floppy
you hoped nobody found out


Compress was something you did to the garbage
not something you did to a file
and if you unzipped anything in public
you'd be in jail for a while


Log on was adding wood to the fire
hard drive was a long trip on the road
a mouse pad was where a mouse lived
and a backup happened to your commode


Cut you did with a pocket knife
paste you did with glue
a web was a spider's home
and a virus was the flu


I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
and the memory in my head
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
but when it happens they wish they were dead.