TERMINATION
I never imagined that I’d be back at school
Retired from work, yet I’m no longer a kid
But all modern media has caught me out
That flicking and tapping makes me pout
For all the wrong reasons I’m off the grid
Some youths think a dumb phone is cool
I signed up for an evening new media class
You’d think there would be many like me
But the tutor could still be in her late teens
Pupils all young, one old, no in-betweens
But at least this course is offered for free
Although my techie competence is a farce
It’s start of the term in early September
I’m sticking out here like a sore thumb
I guess for these kids it is extra curricular
I want to learn to send texts in particular
And all this tech makes me look so dumb
But hope some of this stuff I will remember
You see I come from an older generation
Binary code and the odd punched card
Giant mainframes and spinning tapes
Regular backups, so nothing escapes
But which way to swipe for me is hard
Until that bright day I’m on probation
Categories:
mainframes, school,
Form: Rhyme
I wish I was a horse, said man
So man went ahead and invented a car.
I wish I was a bird, said man
So man went ahead and invented a plane.
I wish I was a brain, said man
So man went ahead and created IBM, UNIVAC, APPLE, inventing
mainframes and minis and micro-minies and PCs and desktops and
laptops and notebooks and tablets and I-pads and smartphones and AI and...
I wish I still had something I wish I was, said man
So he lay down on his pillow and drifted off and dreamed...
Categories:
mainframes, dream, future, longing,
Form: Verse