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(This is a weird one. Back in college, I took poetry courses and wrote a poem called ‘Clear Nonsense’. I aimed to write a poem that incorporated gibberish and still made sense. Got praise on it too. Sadly, the saved copy was lost to a computer crash, the disc it was one got corrupted, and the paper copy was lost during a move. So, this is in memory of that.)
My masterpiece
Written
By pure accident
Birthed
By frustration
And a hint
Of warm tequila
I went wild
Possessed
By a Jabberwockyian spirit
Creating words
That made no sense
And every sense
I finished
I presented
I was stunned
Applause
And praise
I was a god!
Over years
Disaster struck
Computer crash
Spilled soda
Mysterious disappearances
Wiped my poem out
Attempts to rebuild
Making a shadow
Of the former art
A crippled soul
Forced
Into existence
So I sit
Maintaining the style
That birthed it
Hoping to regain
My Clear Nonsense
Legends of Windemere 
How sad that you lost your poem! But at least a new one was birthed from that experience.
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True. Not as good as the original, but at least it’s something.
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It’s great that it was appreciated by others.
I have lost whole manuscripts due to the switch in technology. Oh the demise of the floppy disk!
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A very frustrating situation. In the heat of composition it is hard sometime to remember exactly what was written and to lose it is a heartbreak.
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Especially when most of the words are gibberish made up on the spot.
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Yeah that had to be frustrating.
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What a shame you lost that poem, Charles. I would love to have been able to read it.
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I’d love to read it again too.
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That’s a bummer. Likely no cloud service in those days either.
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Nope. All floppy and hard drive. Zip discs were the newest trend.
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