Wednesday, 4 June 2014

The Big Box

Life was going to be so much better. After all, I had been toiling away with a computer that sounded more like my last check up at the doctors. Memory shot, dry joints, in fact - just too darn old, but despite feeling a slight pang at getting rid of something that sounded more like me than me, it had to go!

What I didn't realize was - it's replacement - an all singing, all dancing, up to the minute, hi tech piece of kit, would turn me into a jibbering wreck - and it's too late to turn the clock back! Where has the starting handle gone, the wires that wrap around my legs every time I jump up to answer the door. When do you brew up? I always had plenty of time with the old one.

I began to wish I was two again, I could just throw the computer away and play with the box. But anyway, persevere they said, so this is me persevering.
An author once had an idea
that would make all his woes disappear
if he wrote them all down
he could banish his frown
but it finished his writing career

                  -0-

Pen is poised
Paper ready
Minds a blank
Hand unsteady
Ideas, few
Where to start
Scratching head
Loosing heart
Had a thought
Saves the day
Kettle boiled
Tea on tray
Always tomorrow
That's the plan
Sleeping easy
Poem - in can