poem

poem.py

# Poem:
#
#there are so many tictoc
#clocks everywhere telling people
#what tictoc time it is for
#tictic instance five toc minutes toc
#past six tic
 
#Spring is not regulated and does
#not get out of order nor do
#its hands a little jerking move
#over numbers slowly
 
#                    	        	We do not
#wind it up it has no weights
#spring wheels inside of
#its slender self no indeed dear
#nothing of the kind.
 
#(So, when kiss Spring comes
#we'll kiss each kiss other on kiss the kiss
#lips because tic clocks toc don't make
#a toctic difference
#to kisskiss you and to
#kiss me)

#
# Python code implementing a subjective interpretation of the poem as
# a programmatic, executable function
import random
import datetime
#
# first paragraph; many tictoc clocks telling (printing to
# stdout) people what time it is
def poem():
  # example lazy interpretation of
  # "what tictoc time it is for tictic instance five toc minutes toc past six tic" :
  # print current time rounded back to last even 5th minute and if it's past 6 PM.
  now = datetime.datetime.now()
  hour = now.hour
  minute = now.minute - (now.minute % 5)
  past_six = ""
  if hour >= 18:
    past_six = "It's past six tic!"

  # let "so many" be a random value at least 2
  so_many = 1 + random.randrange(10)
  for i in range(so_many):
    # let "telling people" be printing to stdout
    print "tictoc time is: %d:%d  %s" % (hour, minute, past_six)

  # example interpretation of "Spring is not regulated..."
  # TODO
  return

# call function
poem()