The Analog
by A. Adams Elias
1.
Typewriter.
2.
Stamps,
No e-mail:
Mail.
3.
Telephone,
Connected by wire –
Physically, to the wall.
4.
Concedes to
Answering
Machines.
5.
Credit cards
Are for sissies:
Checks.
6.
No Cable
TV:
Newspapers.
7.
. . .
Books
. . .
8.
Radio,
Conversation,
Contemplation.
9.
Tears,
Sweat,
Spleen.
10.
Typewriter
Ink.
Copyright © 2019 by A. Adams Elias.
Dedicated to and for Ted Richer, February 10, 2017: A. Adams Elias.