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An Old Man's Folly (from the diaries of Dave Q. Mysterious) (Prose Poem) by ?-Dave_Mysterious-?
"Old man," I cried, shaking the contorted pensioner vigorously by the
collar. "Old man, wake up!" Finding the man rather unresponsive, I
attempted to rouse him by means of a comical jig. However, I was soon
interrupted, as a stern looking attendant tooted sharply upon a
policeman's whistle. She said nothing, but merely wagged her finger and
indicated a sign reading, 'NO HORNPIPES.'
Not to be deterred, I squatted and examined the fellow in closer detail.
I was intrigued, I confess - a wizened old man, in an internet cafe,
slouched over the adjacent terminal with his legs splayed and crotch
unsheathed. I was so puzzled over the affair that I almost missed my
order, no. 89: egg, beans, toast and egg.
Still twitching imperceptibly, the man clasped a mouse in his shrivelled
left hand, whilst the complementary hand, the right, was plunged deep
into his loins. The upper region of his corduroy trousers appeared to
have been bespattered with a strange, gelatinous fluid, glistening
playfully beneath the cafe's UV mood-lighting.
Unable to contain my curiosity further, I looked up at the screen. The
navigation bar bore the address:
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/external/atanu/jb.html
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