Joyeur

In the great Red room
There was a telephone
And a Looney-Toon¹
And a picture of

Money jumping over the moon

And there were Microsoft shares acting like bears
And two little fixes
And some regedit trickses
And a little toyhouse²
And an old Disney mouse³

Poor Aero on Vista resembles clotted mush
Larry⁴ says “You can kiss my SEC-slapped tush.”

Goodnight room
Goodnight Zune
Goodnight money jumping away from the Zune

Goodnight telephone
And the Looney-Toon

Goodnight shares
Goodnight bears
Goodnight fixes
And goodnight trickses

Goodnight FUD
And goodnight dud⁵
Goodnight little house
And goodnight Disney mouse

Goodnight profits
And goodnight dominance
Goodnight nobody
Goodnight prominence

And goodnight to the old Larry whispering “I will defeat you! You goddamn freak of capitalism!”

Goodnight stars
Goodnight scare
Goodnight Microsoft Developers/Partners/Executive/Vision fucking idiotic keynote speeches that always bombed and I’m sick of Conan O’Brien⁶ everywhere.

[Note: apologies to Margaret Wise Brown. If only Microsoft Bob had been this elegant. Bob? Yahoo it.]

1. Steve Ballmer
2. $97 million house. Hope it has cable, er, Microsoft IPTV.
3. Mr. Steve Jobs. Shareholder, Disney.
4. Mr. Lawrence Ellison.
5. Too many to list.
6. Watch.