Separation can't take my pain

An automatic poem, as generated from a Lane Community College Library help video through YouTube's computerized text transcription software. The software listens to speech, and creates a text file based on what it hears. It needs a little work. Original video composed and narrated by Laura Wimberley. Original transcription downloaded by Linda Ackers. Edited and footnoted by Don Macnaughtan, April 2010.

I'm one of your reference librarians, hear it!

Mean community college!

We'll be talking about how to find an article,

Holding to kick off the topic,

But died at the library home page.¹

Main that EU Clash library,²

You mean too large? and your last name.

Things were interested articles,

Only complimentary enough to get that,

You can't touch all to help watch.

By mentality of treatments,

The victory minutes,

I think he's a candidate,3

Brandon’s training tires sentence,⁴

That committee to pass there killed.

He has other terms that mean mourners,

Separation can't take my pain.

We can search for the current star,

That work is the worker, any event there,

Two beacons with each, the Barbie!⁵

But the efficacy of African uranium,

In the treatment to keep from crying,⁶

Under-ask a librarian.

By emailing that way, very funny!

US can regulate these dollars.

Thank you so much for your time and attention,

Good luck with the research ,

And that's tough to you!

Footnotes

¹ "Died at the library home page" - happens more often than you'd think.

² "Main that EU Clash library" – a subtle reference to the European Union's plans to open a research library on '80s punk band The Clash.

³ "I think he's a candidate" - an obvious reference to the current season of "Lost" (ABC Wed. nights)

⁴ "Brandon training tires sentence" – Brandon is Barbie's new boyfriend, replacing Ken. He needs training.

⁵ "Two beacons with each, the Barbie!^" – but which Barbie? There are so many…

⁶ "The efficacy of African uranium, In the treatment to keep from crying" – uranium is not a conventional remedy for sadness, but perhaps the poet is attempting a metaphorical interrogation of contemporary … oh, to hell with it, I give up.

since 23 April 2010