……over the edge

at every opportunity to write to thee

I cannot bring the stain to be

of ink on paper or on screen

for yours to be seen.

Curious, that ‘seen’ and ‘screen’

have not always been

of such close association.

Technology advances vision

by dot refreshing provision

disseminating all information,

binary packages reassembled

now even, on television.

But yesterday,

a pharmacist, of all professions,

could not supply, a price or receipt,

because……………..?????

the screen could not achieve the feat!

Woe, because the machine hadn’t catalogued

categorised, calculated or computerised

what if the net be diminished?

The comment, when I suggested pen & paper?

“You know, my grandmother asked recently

when was the last time you wrote

a letter?”

dwk

dwk