PassWordHell##

Though I spend a lot of my time staring at a screen,

Me and e-lec-tronics, well, we’re not what you’d call ‘keen’,

And often I am tempted to (what could be called) ‘disjoint’

What follows is what I would label as a case in point!

I got a message from my server. And it made me quake…

“Your password has expired and a new one you must make!”

I typed in ‘roses’, 'cause you know I love them. They’re the best,

But my answer? “Too few characters.” was to me addressed.

So ‘pretty roses’, next I tried. T’was simple, so I thought,

But, "Sorry, one numeric character, please." was what I got.

‘1 pretty rose’ I thought would work. I typed it cleverly,

And, “No blank spaces.” next they sent. I was not filled with glee!

So I obeyed. ‘1prettyrose’ I thought would do the trick,

And, "10 different characters, you must use." My wrath was getting thick!

‘1bloodyprettyrose’ was next. The best that I could choose…

But, "Sorry, at least one Upper Case letter you must use."

‘1BLOODYprettyrose’ I typed. I thought that it would do,

But, "No successive upper case characters for you."

‘1BloodyPrettyRose’, I typed. I thought that I obeyed,

“No less than 20 characters.” My hope’d begun to fade.

‘1BloodyPrettyRoseShovedSomewhere’FYouDon'tGiveAccessNow!’

My bland response: "No punctuation." I thought, Holy cow!

‘1BloodyPrettyRoseShovedSomewhereFYouDontGiveAccessNow’,

But, "Sorry, that password has been used." I’m done. I’ll take a bow.

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So Karen, Charlotte, Mimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?

Next week'll be an exciting one,

With 'Sea Monsters' we'll have fun!

Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?

We'd love to welcome you!

Topics for the next few weeks 

(with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)...

Roses (August 14) Today!

Sea Monsters (August 21)

At the Beauty Parlour/Parlor (August 28)

Newspapers (September 4)

Remembering (September 11)

Cheeseburgers (September 18)

Dreams (September 25)

Birthdays (October 2)

Family (October 9)

Dictionary (October 16)

Talk Shows (October 23)

Mischief (October 30)

Watermelon (November 6)

Grandma's Kitchen (November 13)

The Bus (November 20)

A Pet's Life (November 27)