A TERMINAL (MENTAL) DISEASE Nov. 15/85 Karl Rigelhof

Life's/is/it's a jigsaw puzzle
(Like) a wet nose nuzzle
(And) a tight lip/mouth muzzle
A card game/(being) shuffle(d)/
A soft shoe shuffle/scuffle
A scream that's muffled
Don't get your feathers ruffled

Memory expansion
(By) (just) plug(ging) in a prom/chip
(But) without (a) battery back up
The data is lost
When the power's shut down/off

Peripheral support
You(r) link (up) with/to the world
It's a spectator sport
Complete with p(r)om-p(r)om girls
At beach front resorts

An error/programming (in) programming/error
The disk cannot read what's/or write/right
The screen has/is (gone) blank
The last input is/was erased
The fault cannot be traced
The fact must be faced
This software is dying a slow hideous death:
Operator malfunction