From here you will see the end of the world 
Through the looking glass of computer screens, 
With the screeching wail of modem calls curled 
And whistling moments that trigger screams. 

The touch tones of terror inducing death. 
The lines of coded horror typed in trance. 
Monsters launched skyward with fire belching breath 
To breach security and kill our last chance.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, British poet, was born today in 1809.

Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and businessman, was born on this day in 1963.