Ben Nardolilli currently lives in New York City. His work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Red Fez, Danse Macabre, The 22 Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, fwriction, Inwood Indiana, Pear Noir, The Minetta Review, and Yes Poetry.

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Bad Status Line 1

During the connection attempt,
no response was received

Choose a new home group, see the full map,
no more dial-up ad hoc

Open the sharing and network center,
refresh all data, use a proxy

You have become a generator issue,
still missing merge fields

Unable to be included
by anyone as an interested party

Your search for “love” turned up 0 results
“she” not found

 

Bad Status Line 2

During the connection attempt,
no response was received

The wait operation timed out,
an unhandled exception occurred,

Your search for “love” turned up 0 results
“she” not found

You have become a generator issue,
still missing merge fields

Unable to be included
by anyone as an interested party

Cease hovering, see the full map,
no more dial-up ad hoc

Disabled by default? No hardly,
choose a new home group,

Open the sharing and network center,
refresh all data, close the proxy

 

Bad Status Line 4

During the connection attempt,
the wait operation timed out again,
no response was received

Your search for “love” turned up 0 results:
“she” not found, “he” device not ready,
petition for a spouse to petition denied

You think you are a generator issue,
gone missing in the merge fields, and unable
to be included as an interested party

So an unhandled exception occurred,
are you disabled by default? No hardly,
choose a new home group

Open the sharing and network center,
refresh all data, close the proxy
push syntax errors out of your memory

Cease hovering, see the full map,
no more dial-up ad hoc,
start gunning for the cloud