by Cpl. Robert L. Cook
Jan. 1942~Sept. 1945
I got me this computer,
A good one
You can see.
Only thing about it,
It’s got more brains
Then me.
I try to tell it what to do,
Sometimes it will agree
But mostly it has
A notion
To do what’s right for me.
I argue with it every day,
Mostly I don’t win,
The way that it treats me
It really is a sin.
The thing about it
At this time,
And I really do agree,
I could not get along
Without it
Wherever I may be.
So I guess I will keep it
But do not ask me why,
It is enough
Aggravation
To make a gyrene cry.
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About the author: Robert Cook served with Reg. Weapons Co.(2d-2d) from 1942~44, at Guadalcanal
and Tarawa, during a 33-month overseas tour.
