"(ULTRA) MODERN VERSE" joke

The text of the poem is as below:
^"`$$ -
! *=@$ _
%*< ~#4
&((../
|{}, , SYSTEM HALTED
The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, to wit:
Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.