Katrin Müller kmkatrinmueller@aol.com BY-NC-ND

Open loop

Lost my way today
In a void
On the way to
The patent office

I practiced
To be talented
Listening to music
Doesn’t make it easier

The office guy in front
Gave me an idea of
What it was like
To manage ideas

A border normally
Makes me feel precise
But wait – share
Whatever you want

How do I become an inventor
Do I think of something new
Do I think of something familiar
In a new way

No problem he said
You just need more problems
To be solved
Then ideas will come

Wait,
Where’s the sense of it
There’s no sense
If you don’t have a problem with it

Sounds a bit technical to me
It’s all about technique
You see – it’s like the right place
at the right time

In a long time experiment
You get an idea
By the way
Time is up now he said

One more question
Ok, one more question
How did you become
A patent officer

Oh, I just made it up
You made it up why
I invent situations
It works quite well