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One late winter evening, all rainy and black,
I tapped at my keyboard - a quick clicker-clack,
Typing away at my programming task,
With coffee on hand, in industrial flasks,
When suddenly out of the code rose a wall -
I could think no solution, no answer at all
To the problem it posed me, a difficult one,
And as I looked closer - oh! What have I done?
Confused by my typings, I sat for a while
Attempting to sort out this problem so vile
And just as I rooted out where it had cracked -
Oh, most unexpected, a Critic attacked!
He rose up within me and out of my lips,
A sharp, pointy figure, and, hands on his hips,
He frowned at my code, he hmm'ed and he hah'ed,
And began to make notes on a small yellow card.
I watched in confusion, then counted to four,
And then I began to edge to the door.
The Critic called out: "Oh, are you off already?
I've only just got here - do let me get ready."
Now frozen in place, I eyed him with fear -
What was the reason for him to be here?
Despite my ill-fated attempt at escape,
For answers I did not have too long to wait.
The Critic spoke up, with malice so petty:
"You call this code? It's more like spaghetti!
It's tangled and knotted and oh! such a mess -
How could you think that this code is your best?
And let's not forget this bit where you're stuck -
You cannot attribute this knot to bad luck!
The only solution is to start it from scratch -
There's no way you'll solve this one here with a patch."
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