Simulator Failure

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Eventually when he thought the real-time was right
he scanned her heart into the computer
to manipulate through latest programmes
the bits he thought that didn’t suit her

trouble came when he vainly tried to scan it back
the rest of her baulked at the altered heart
and said “we want the original back complete
for we are one, despite our different parts”

“too late for that” he said “I did the job
original copy is long since gone
besides it’s now so much better
and better can’t ever be wrong”.

The rest of her body sighed in outraged dismay
“you idiot” she whispered “now what you’ve done!
you’ve destroyed an intricate in-the-image-of
with higher levels you can’t even dream on”

“aw ... c’mon” said he “this heart’s now state-of-the-art
it’ll respond (yeah … cool) only to me
your heart won’t wander towards other men, thereby
solving the problem of infidelity

and what’s more, I’ve maximised the pumping action
using the computer simulator!”
“Oh no” they said “he knows not even the basics
the heart’s no pump, but a regulator…”.

And so it is, all mixed-level conversations
fail to enlighten ‘till another time
and she died of a broken heart, as you’d expect
while he re-wrote the code of his feminine side.

(© Joshua F.D. Bond)