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    Ode to a Wretched Robot
    Ode to a Wretched Robot
    Ode to a Wretched Robot
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    Ode to a Wretched Robot

    By Stanley Bruce Carter

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    Rhymes about robots, poems about private eyes, wordplay from witches, sonnets for sultans, and much more.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStanley Bruce Carter
    Release dateNov 19, 2016
    ISBN9781370423781
    Ode to a Wretched Robot
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    Stanley Bruce Carter

    Stan Carter lives in Bellevue, Nebraska. He has been in the newspaper business for nearly 30 years, serving as a reporter, copy editor, columnist, typesetter and paginator at various publications. He is the author of five novels published by Gypsy Shadow: "Petchy Maligula," "The Depraved Dances of Taram Zhod," "The Caskian Scandal," "The Extortions of Stiffani Voydalle" and "Kill My Husband."

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      Ode to a Wretched Robot - Stanley Bruce Carter

      Ode To A Wretched Robot

      (And Other Poems)

      By Stanley Bruce Carter

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2016 By Stanley Bruce Carter

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ODE TO A WRETCHED ROBOT

      "You meddling mechanical moron,

      you’ve ruined everything,

      the thingamabob is running amok,

      can’t you hear the alarm bells ring?

      You clinking, clanking cretin,

      you demented digital dunce,

      you never do what I tell you,

      and I’ve warned you more than once.

      You’re a slew of silly circuits,

      you’re an electronic idiot too,

      you’re a tin-plated twit who’s lost his wits

      and I’ve had enough of you!"

      The robot’s arms extended

      like vacuum cleaner hose,

      and if it had possessed one,

      it would have thumbed its nose.

      "You are the one who told me

      to flip that yellow switch,

      and I followed your instructions,

      so you have no cause to bitch."

      "Spare me your feeble excuses,

      you blabbering, bumbling bot,

      I never ever make a mistake,

      but apparently you forgot.

      Now bring me that screwdriver,

      be a good little robot and fetch,

      I need it to fix the thingamabob,

      you bubble-headed wretch."

      "Do not tell

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