i hate you Microsoft

like a car

i don't want to open the hood

and work

on the engine,

or lie under

it for any reason, to fix

a rattle,

change the oil,

peruse a leaking tire.

please.

i'm done with that.

and so it goes with the computer

on my desk,

the one on

my lap, the one on the shelf

that i never use.

i don't want to figure things

out.

i want to log on

and write, pay a bill,

look up more stuff to waste

time on,

and buy things.

it's ten years old,

but works fine with Windows

10.

and now you're trying to scare

me into buying another one,

sending me messages

that now i'll be vulnerable

to hackers

and creepy people, trying

to get in.

without Windows 11, i'll

be doomed,

my little world will end.

i hate you Microsoft

and all your

nerdy friends.