0/0/0

i resent computers not allowing me
to enter a birthday before the 20th century

i am much, much older than that, Adobe Acrobat
i am older than the form of print you choose to eliminate
i am older than language, than poetry, than prose
i am older than a name, i am older than a rose

so by what power in whose command?
can you tell me a birthday like 0/0/0 will not stand?