{"id":61,"date":"2005-11-16T04:17:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-16T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=61"},"modified":"2015-09-22T19:58:18","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T02:58:18","slug":"beta-girls-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2005\/11\/16\/beta-girls-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Beta Girls Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beta
\ncounting the holes in the ceiling tile<\/span>
\nanalyze the sex, index and file<\/span>
\nmeasure the angle of the afternoon sun<\/span>
\nmeasure the darkness when it’s done<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>his was my attempt to suggest the outline of the story of two driven, silicon valley programmers at the end of an office entanglement.<\/p>\n

Geeks may be geeks — but even in that emotional netherworld, there are still unbreachable gulfs between men and women. As I imagine them, the woman has just broken off the relationship and the man is confused because she’s<\/span> the one who is hurt and angry…<\/p>\n

… just like the last girl,<\/p>\n

\n

“version creep” is all she said
\nas she stared at her feet on the edge of the bed
\n“data drift” as she stood in the door
\n“we just don’t vector anymore.”<\/p>\n

counting the holes in the ceiling tile
\nanalyze the sex, index and file
\nmeasure the angle of the afternoon sun
\nmeasure the darkness when it’s done<\/p>\n

beta girls come and beta girls go<\/span>
\nleave not a mark upon his soul<\/span>
\nbeta girls beta girls beta girls beta girls go<\/span><\/p>\n

pools of light and soul-black night
\n17 at first daylight
\nsilent complex cleaning crew
\nwait to shave until they’re through<\/p>\n

she gets to work just by noon
\ntakes her laptop to the old break room
\nhe trys not to look when he has to walk by
\nbut as he closes the door he hears her cry<\/p>\n

beta girls come and beta girls go<\/span>
\nleave not a mark upon his soul<\/span>
\nbeta girls beta girls beta girls beta girls go<\/span><\/p>\n

(C)2000 TK Major (2000-01-24)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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