When a cog in well oiled machine breaks off,
wheels and pulleys slow up their turning,
stopping and lurching forward,
with hiss or burn or screech ~
and could stop turning at all.
There is security in steady forward motion, assuring of accomplishing many, many tasks.
Confidence that all will resume smoothly
comes when there is a short pause ~
long enough to call out for help.
Repairing a damaged machine
takes commitment and courage and spit ~
to get wheels to resume their turning
and forward motion to start up again ~
but momentum will build once more.
Computer programs are not really machines
Nor are the people who use them each day.
One tiny wee glitch in the either, unseen by anyone’s eye,
caused today’s ‘machine’ to slow down.
I.T. folks did fix it promptly so forward movement picked up some speed.
“The design of each element should be thought out
in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.”
~ Leo Fender
~ Leo Fender
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