My laptop wakes like a drunken snail.

I only need to check my email.

A shadow of its former speed.

Does it not know my urgent need?

I rarely add a program to its brain.

So I do not understand this drain.

The battery is nearly dead.

I hate that blinking light of red.

It is still scanning files for threats.

I don’t know why it frets.

My machine is too slow to catch a virus.

The thing crashes like a digital Icarus.

It has been an hour since I turned it on.

This paperweight won’t load until the dawn.

I think I will go out to play

And check my email another day.