printer puke

so tim, if you have any questions about how we're doing without you....

twas the night before thursday
and all one could hear
was one printer stirring
its name was lanier

job after job
was directed its way
as the whole church prepared
for christmas day

flyers, programs
bulletins and more!
children's handouts
invitations galore!

suddenly an error
appeared on the screen
an error that i
had not ever seen

"waste toner is full"
it whined, "empty now"
it beeped and it blurped
(it practically had a cow)

i followed directions
but must have screwed up
as suddenly, without warning
the lanier blew up!

i stood in a powdery
cloud of coloration
coughing and choking
and cursing the abomination...

that is lanier, the deceptive!
lanier, the snake!
lanier, the cross-eyed
punk-faced mistake!

yay savin! go xerox!
and ricoh as well
but lanier, may you rot
forever, in ...

purgatory