'Twas the night before Y2K,
And all through the nation
We awaited "The Bug,"
The millennium sensation.
The chips were replaced
In computers with care,
In hopes that ol' Bugsy
Wouldn't stop there.
Some I.T. Consultants
Were snug in their beds
Others had visions
Of jail in their heads.
And Ma with her PC,
And I with my Mac
Had just logged on the Net
And kicked back with a snack.
When over the server,
There arose such a clatter,
I called Mister Gates
To see what was the matter.
But he was in court,
So I flew like a flash
Off to my bank
To withdraw all my cash.
I booted my system,
And what did I see?
The date on the screen,
Said, "1983!"
The image it morphed
Into one ugly mug,
And, I knew it must be
The Y2K Bug!
His image downloaded
In no time at all,
And he whistled and shouted,
"Let all systems fall!
Go Intel! Go Gateway!
Now HP! Big Blue!
Everything Compaq,
And Pentium too!
Air traffic control
For New year's Eve flights,
All power, and water,
And all traffic lights.
All processors big,
All processors small,
Crash away! Crash away!
Crash away all!"
I thought to myself,
"let's get out of town!"
When out through the modem,
He came with a bound.
He was covered with bits,
And there, slung on his back,
Was a sack full of virus,
Prepared to attack.
His L.E.D.'s, how they twinkled!
His modulation, how merry!
But, as midnight approached,
Things soon became scary.
His look turned to evil,
As I read, "Sectors missing,"
And that sack filled with virus
Began growling and hissing.
He morphed once again
Into problems galore,
But I laughed when he frowned
At "Abort, Retry, Ignore?"
A blink of his icon,
And the twist of his head
Soon gave me to know
A feeling of dread.
He spoke only half-words,
As he continued to work,
He changed all the clocks,
And said, "Now, who's the jerk?"
My mouse began clicking,
And he gave me a wink
As all things electronic
Soon went on the blink.
He exited my system,
To the next node on line,
He caused such disruption,
Could this be a sign?
And I heard him exclaim,
As he flashed me his butt,
"Happy Y2K to all,
I hope you're backed up!
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