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Alas!

I have Comcast;

the doubtful Internet provider

that sometimes moonlights

as an affliction!

The king of compromised communication.

The master of impossibly ambiguous

and insanely inscrutable

contract terms and conditions.

Having become intimate with them

this past week

over the course of many phone calls–

each one of which became necessary

to tease out the parts

uncover the causes

and repair the damage done

by virtue of the previous call

and the call before that–

not to mention the one

that inaugurated this perplexing odyssey–

I question whether the gain

if indeed there is one,

which has yet to be decided,

will equal the cost.

And all to address

a simple problem . . .

and one straightforward in every respect–

the lagging performance

of my so-called ” high speed Internet”

which hasn’t been all that perky

lately.

Today,

I told their representative du jour,

“they transcend the government

in their commitment to inefficiency.”

She said “well, I hope not”

“It’s true,” I replied,

“and I know whereof I speak!

I used to work for the government.”

They asked me to tell them how they’re doing

I think they meant on their website.

25 February 2016

Tim Konrad