The Computer Swallowed Grandma

UNIT 1

Poem

The Computer Swallowed Grandma

The computer swallowed grandma.

Yes, honestly its true!

She pressed ‘Control’ and ‘Enter’

And disappeared from view.

It devoured her completely,

The thought just makes me squirm.

She must have caught a virus

Or been eaten by a worm.

I’ve searched through the recycle bin

And files of every kind;

I’ve even used the Internet,

But nothing did I find.

In desperation, I asked Jeeves

My searches to refine.

The reply from him was negative,

Not a thing was found ‘Online.’

So, if inside your ‘Inbox’,

My Grandma you should see,

Please ‘Copy’, ‘Scan’ and ‘Paste’ her

In an email back to me.

Anonymous

106 – year – old, Mastanamma, the great grandmother from Andhra Pradesh, is the star of a YouTube cooking channel with over 2,80,000 subcribers throughout the world. All credit for her newfound stardom goes to her grandson Karre Laxman. Mastanamma passed away in 2018. 

GLOSSARY

1. devoured – consumed

2. squirm – turn

3. desperation – hopelessness