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How to Eat a Y2K Elephant
How to Eat a Y2K Elephant
It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here!
The beast that lurks will soon appear.
What is that beast I hear you say?
Of course, it’s finally Y2K.
You’ve heard the hype, that little bug,
which once was nestled tight and snug,
within the office pentium
has grown to size gargantuan.
It soon will start its march of fear,
disrupting life both far and near,
as militants descend to stay
with stocks of cheese and Perrier.
In offices across the land,
hung-over workers join the band,
prepared to battle with a foe
whose size they hardly even know.
We’ll finally see if all the hype,
placed on the vine will soon be ripe.
A tiny mew or mighty roar,
will show what we’ve been waiting for.
But in the end I think we’ll see
the worry and the mystery
reflected in this little rhyme,
will leave us one byte at a time.
© Barton J. Breen 1999
