404 (A Poem)

(Composed while contemplating my tofu and vegetable vietnamese crunchy noodles...)

Once upon an evening dreary
Whilst I surfed the 'Net so weary
Over many quaint and ponderous webpages galore

Without so much as even thinking
The blue letters that should be linking
Did I click and hope that perhaps I should find something o'er
Only this, and nothing more

When all at once Safari was choking
As if the Internet was joking
As webpages came up blank upon my poor G4

To add insult to this blank page of choice
I forgot that my dear Mac had a voice
A seductive Monroesque voice did whisper "HTTP four oh four"
Only this, and nothing more

Oh, now how I remember
I think it was this past December
That I decided to delete my pages that had I felt a'bore

But woe this fate I knew uncertain
Who left this link should be a'hurtin'
And perhaps draw the curtain upon this wretched eye sore
Quoth my computer, "four oh four"

Perhaps a book I should be readin'
Rather than watch this stupid, bleedin'
Internet that has become a grand old mess and more

Or maybe I'll mess with all my widgets
Than have to suffer through all these idjots
(Who probably are not mental midgets though they've left me a little sore)
And simply avoid error 404