i have to swap stuff around


Wires

There were few wires when I ran free
With pale gingham covering me.
(I could never count the squares
On an inch but only tried twice.)
We had no devices except the
Radiogram which sang and spoke
All day with only slight twiddles.

As I sit here with this spaghetti wiring
I think of Cuckoo Spit and Burdock soothing
Nettle stings and liquorice laces tied to
Nothing.

Cordless means more wires somehow.
Why is that a comfort?



Poetry by jenks The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2011-07-28 at 03:32

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Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Aye. That's why I do not own one of those dreadful things.
2011-07-28


Sid Gardner
Now listen here young lady. Our first entry into the world of electronics consisted of two cocoa tins and a length of string. OK but you could not drag the string around corners and still speak. Wireless communications are for the unwary. Those with 'the knowledge' tend to be overpriced and usually oversexed. Can't see you in a 'gingham' outfit....Must have been VERY long ago.
SID.
2011-07-28