It is said, "To err is human," That quote from alt.times.lore, Alas, you have made an error, So I say, "404."

Double-check your URL, As we all have heard before. You ask for an invalid filename, And I respond, "404."

Perhaps you made a typo -- Your fingers may be sore -- But until you type it right, You'll just get 404.

Maybe you followed a bad link, Surfing a foreign shore; You should tell that author About this 404.

The page could have moved to Atlanta. Then you would find it here no more. Its phone number would have changed: Try area code 404.

I am but a lowly server (Who likes to speak in metaphor), So for a request that I don't know, I must return 404.

Be glad I'm not an old mainframe That might just dump its core, Because then you'd get a ten-meg file Instead of this 404.

I really would like to help you, But I don't know what you're looking for; And since I don't know what you want, I give you 404.

Remember Poe, insane with longing For his tragically lost Lenore. Instead, you quest for files. Quoth the Raven, "404!"

by Dan Black dan@black.org 16 August 1999