This prayer is for people, gracious Lord
That toil with Office, Spreadsheets, or with Word;
Look down with favor on the arduous work
Of programmer, technician, office clerk.
And other folk that roam and advertise;
Be they like serpents, prudent, shrewd and wise
And sweet like gentle doves help lesser wits
To manage well the software's bytes and bits.
Bless Lord the engineers that must assist
and coax computers yield a finer grist
And probe, and track down naughty elf and djinn
In systems innards of the weird machine.
Repay, reward all those that softly groan
And moan while trouble-shooting on the phone;
Steady the slipping mouse in sweaty hand
That executes their stern remote command.
Watch o'er the hard worked for and useful site
Protect it from the kobolt, troll and sprite;
And shield the working screen from sudden freeze
Let first the workers exit at their ease.
Look down with favor on the clever wiz
That straightens out mixed-up directories
Bless authors, writers that submit their writ;
And gallant souls that have to publish it.
Rude on-line cut-offs, graciously delay,
So that the unsaved work won't go astray
Or worse, be lost a perpetuity
Please watch the servers and the I.S.P.!.
Protect the CPU, we pray good Lord
And everything that's on the motherboard
Accept the in- and output's sourdough maze
With favor as a song of laud and praise.
Elizabeth Dandy