Curious Talk, a poem by Duane L Herrmann at Spillwords.com
Ahmet Hamdi

Curious Task

Curious Task

written by: Duane L Herrmann

 

Computer nerds
tasked with creating
a new system
for car tags –
transition from
only numerals to
numbers and
three letters,
but which three –
or not to be?
Not: S.E.X.,
F.U.K., nor even F.U.C.
Certainly not: T.I.T.,
D.I.K. or even D.I.C. –
What other “words”
had to be
excepted out
from random generator?

Duane L Herrmann

Duane L Herrmann

A reluctant carbon-based life-form, Herrmann was surprised to find himself on a farm in Kansas. He’s still trying to make sense of that, but has grown fond of grass waving under wind, trees and the enchantment of moonlight. He aspires to be a hermit, but would miss his children, grandchildren and a few friends. His work has been published in print and online, even some of both in languages he can’t read (English is difficult enough!). These include a sci fi novel, seven collections of poetry, a local history, stories for children, a book on fasting, plus other works. He has carried baby kittens in his mouth, pet snakes, and has conversations with owls, but is careful not to anger them! All this, and degrees in education and history, despite a traumatic, abusive childhood embellished with dyslexia, ADHD (both unknown at the time), cyclothymia, an anxiety disorder and, now, PTSD.
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