Today...

To be sung to the tune of "Today (while the blossoms still cling to the vine)"
lyrics by Rick Stone



At LOTS the Dec-20 is fighting with mobs,
  My program sits swapping with 82 jobs,
A million assignments are given each day
  Using this 'puter, and guess, in the end, who pays!

I'm not a hacker with shriek for an "at" sign,
  I'm just a geneticist tied up in knots.
Multiplication to me means division,
  So why the hell am I at LOTS?

At LOTS the Dec-20 is fighting with mobs,
  My program sits swapping with 82 jobs,
A million assignments on Friday are due
  Using this 'puter, so guess, who is given the screw!



I've MAILED to J.Q., and begged time from Queenie,
  I've asked Ralph these questions that HELP could not parse.
Why is it, when half the campus is in queue,
  This school doesn't notice the farce?

At LOTS the Dec-20 is fighting with mobs,
  My program sits swapping with 82 jobs,
TWENEX won't crash next, but merely explode.
  For "105"'s not a C.S.D. class it's - THE LOAD!