"A CAPTCHA ...
is a type of challenge-response
test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the
response is generated by a person."--Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
yesterday
i was about
to email
a link to a friend,
the
sharing of information
&
possible insights
into life
& the living of it
being
part of my
morning
prayers & rituals,
when the
captcha that appeared
spelled
"calctuc kai."
i copied
it carefully
so my
message can be
read by
the computer
till it
is assured
that i,
the sender,
am no
robot or spammer.
serendipity?
coincidence?
the wit
of the cosmos?
"calctuc
kai"--
i again
copied the
seemingly
nonsensical
phrase,
this time
on
paper, with pencil.
i wanted
to tell
the
computer-generated captcha
that i
know of a kai
&
she's far from nonsense,
even if
her mouth seems
to spout
foreign
gibberish
to a literate
adult's
ears.
after
all i've insisted
that she call
me "booboo,"
a name equally
without sense.
i figure
it won't be long
when my
fingers excitedly
fly over
the keyboard
as i
prepare another piece
of shared info in cyberspace
&
the captcha for the moment
will be
an alliterative
"babtuc
booboo."
--Babeth
Lolarga
Sept.
13, 2012
7:46
a.m.
Photo of a smiling Calctuc Kai, a.k.a. Butones, on her first airplane ride with Grumpa Rolly Fernandez by Booboo Babeth
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