'Twas the Night Before the Upgrade

'Twas the night before the upgrade,
When all through the land,
Not a hard drive wasn't ready
For the install command

Scattered files on the desktops
Were cleaned up with care,
In hopes the new OS
Would soon be there

With RAM set aside,
We techies were preparing
For visions of crashing
And files not sharing

The delay was no more,
For the shipment arrived
The hyped-up long wait
Was a plan well-contrived

Like a flock of birds,
We all flew to the stores
And emptied thy shelves
As we danced on the floor

The boxes were sealed
With a shiny gloss coat
With a shake to my ear,
I began to gloat

And then, at a glance,
I snuck a peek inside
And read all the features
My grin was so wide

With Web-enabled backgrounds,
And screensavers, too,
Customized options,
So much you can do

I spoke not a word
And dashed out of sight,
Then sprang to my car
And drove home through the night

To the top of the stairs,
Then down the hall,
I powered my machine
And began to install

Load system! Load browser!
Load all tour guides, too!
Then tweaked all the settings
The whole night through

When after the restart,
There was nothing to fear,
I sprang into bed dreaming
Of upgrading next year!